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    This document provides a table listing common units of measurement for various physical quantities in both US Customary and SI systems. It includes the unit name for each system and conversions between the two systems. Quantities covered include mass, length, area, volume, density, force, pressure, temperature and others. Conversion factors are provided to change units between the two systems.

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    Appendix

    A
    Units and Conversions
    645
    Item USCS units

    SI units

    USCS to SI conversion SI to USCS conversion


    Mass slug (slug) kilogram (kg) 1 lb = 0.45359 kg 1 kg = 0.0685 slug
    pound mass (lbm) 1 slug = 14.594 kg 1 kg = 2.205 lb
    1 U.S. ton = 2,000 lb metric tonne (t) = 1,000 kg 1 U.S. ton = 0.9072 t 1 t = 1.1023 U.S. ton
    1 long ton = 2,240 lb 1 long ton = 1.016 t 1 t = 0.9842 long ton
    Length inch (in) millimeter (mm) 1 in = 25.4 mm 1 mm = 0.0394 in
    1 foot (ft) = 12 in 1 meter (m) = 1,000 mm 1 ft = 0.3048 m 1 m = 3.2808 ft
    1 mile (mi) = 5,280 ft 1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 m 1 mi = 1.609 km 1 km = 0.6214 mi
    Area square foot (ft
    2
    ) square meter (m
    2
    ) 1 ft
    2
    = 0.0929 m
    2
    1 m
    2
    = 10.764 ft
    2
    1 acre = 43,560 ft
    2
    1 hectare = 10,000 m
    2
    1 acre = 0.4047 hectare 1 hectare = 2.4711 acre
    Volume cubic inch (in
    3
    ) cubic millimeter (mm
    3
    ) 1 in
    3
    = 16387.0 mm
    3
    1 mm
    3
    = 6.1 10
    5
    in
    3
    cubic foot (ft
    3
    ) 1 liter (L) = 1,000 cm
    3
    (cc) 1 ft
    3
    = 0.02832 m
    3
    1 m
    3
    = 35.3134 ft
    3
    1 U.S. gallon (gal) = 231 in
    3
    1 cubic meter (m
    3
    ) = 1,000 L 1 gal = 3.785 L 1 L = 0.2642 gal
    1 barrel (bbl) = 42 gal 1 bbl = 158.97 L 1 m
    3
    = 6.2905 bbl
    = 0.15897 m
    3
    1ft
    3
    = 7.4805 gal
    1 bbl = 5.6146 ft
    3
    Density slug per cubic foot (slug/ft
    3
    ) kilogram/cubic meter (kg/m
    3
    ) 1 slug/ft
    3
    = 515.38 kg/m
    3
    1 kg/m
    3
    = 0.0019 slug/ft
    3
    Specic weight pound per cubic foot (lb/ft
    3
    ) newton per cubic meter 1 lb/ft
    3
    = 157.09 N/m
    3
    1 N/m
    3
    = 0.0064 lb/ft
    3
    (N/m
    3
    )
    Viscosity (Absolute or lb/(ft s) 1 poise (P) = 0.1 Pa s 1 cP = 6.7197 10
    4
    lb/(ft s)
    dynamic) (lb s)/ft
    2
    1 centipoise (cP) = 0.01 P 1 (lb s)/ft
    2
    = 47.88 (N s)/m
    2
    1 (N s)/m
    2
    = 0.0209 (lb s)/ft
    2
    1 poise = 1 (dyne s)/cm
    2
    1 (lb s)/ft
    2
    = 478.8 poise 1 poise = 0.00209 (lb s)/ft
    2
    1 poise = 0.1 (N s)/m
    2
    Viscosity (kinematic) ft
    2
    /s m
    2
    /s 1 ft
    2
    /s = 0.092903 m
    2
    /s 1 m
    2
    /s = 10.7639 ft
    2
    /s
    SSU

    , SSF

    stoke (S), centistoke (cSt) 1 cSt = 1.076 10


    5
    ft
    2
    /s
    Flow rate cubic foot/second (ft
    3
    /s) liter/minute (L/min) 1 gal/min = 3.7854 L/min 1 L/min = 0.2642 gal/min
    gallon/minute (gal/min) cubic meter/hour (m
    3
    /h) 1 bbl/h = 0.159 m
    3
    /h 1 m
    3
    /h = 6.2905 bbl/h
    barrel/hour (bbl/h)
    barrel/day (bbl/day)
    6
    4
    6
    Force pound (lb) newton (N) = (kg m)/s
    2
    1 lb = 4.4482 N 1 N = 0.2248 lb
    Pressure pound/square inch, pascal (Pa) = N/m
    2
    1 psi = 6.895 kPa 1 kPa = 0.145 psi
    lb/in
    2
    (psi)
    1 lb/ft
    2
    = 144 psi 1 kilopascal (kPa)
    = 1,000 Pa
    1 megapascal (MPa)
    = 1,000 kPa
    1 bar = 100 kPa 1 psi = 0.069 bar 1 bar = 14.5 psi
    kilogram/square centimeter 1 psi = 0.0703 kg/cm
    2
    1 kg/cm
    2
    = 14.22 psi
    (kg/cm
    2
    )
    Velocity foot/second (ft/s) meter/second (m/s) 1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s 1 m/s = 3.281 ft/s
    mile/hour (mi/h)
    = 1.4667 ft/s
    Work and energy foot-pound (ft lb) joule (J) = N m 1 Btu = 1055.0 J 1 kJ = 0.9478 Btu
    British thermal unit (Btu)
    1 Btu = 778 ft lb
    Power (ft lb)/min joule/second (J/s) 1 Btu/h = 0.2931W 1 W= 3.4121 Btu/h
    Btu/hour (Btu/h) Watt (W) = J/s
    Horsepower (HP) 1 kilowatt (kW) = 1,000 W 1 HP = 0.746 kW 1 kW= 1.3405 HP
    1 HP = 33,000 (ft lb)/min
    Temperature degree Fahrenheit (

    F) degree Celsius (

    C) 1

    F =
    9
    5

    C + 32 1

    C = (

    F 32)/1.8
    1 degree Rankine Kelvin (K) =

    C + 273 1

    R = 1.8 K 1 K =

    R/1.8
    (

    R) =

    F + 460
    Thermal conductivity Btu/(h ft

    F) W/(m

    C) 1 Btu/(h ft

    F) 1 W/(m

    C) = 0.5778
    = 1.7307 W/(m

    C) Btu/(h ft

    F)
    Heat transfer Btu/(h ft
    2

    F) W/(m
    2

    C) 1 Btu/(h ft
    2

    F) 1 W/(m
    2

    C) =0.1761
    coefcient = 5.6781 W/(m
    2

    C) Btu/(h ft
    2

    F)
    Specic heat Btu/(lb

    F) kJ/(kg

    C) 1 Btu/(lb

    F) = 4.1869 1 kJ/(kg

    C) = 0.2388
    kJ/(kg

    C) Btu/(lb

    F)

    USCS = U.S. Customary System.

    SI = Syst` eme International (modied metric).

    Kinematic viscosity in SSU and SSF are converted to viscosity in cSt using Eqs. (6.6) through (6.9).
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    4
    7

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