Satuan
Satuan
Satuan
1 circle = 360 degrees = 400 grades = 21600 minutes = 6.28318 radians = 12 signs
1 circumference = 360 degrees = 6.28318 radians
1 radian = 0.15915 circumference = 57.29578 degree = 3437.747 minute = 0.63662
quadrant = 0.15915 revolution = 206265 second
Area
acre, are, barn, sq.ft., sq.in., foot2, hectare, inch2, mile2, section, meter2, township, yard2,
hectares
Japan
1 tsubo = 3.306 m2
1 se = 99.17 m2
1 ho-ri = 15.42 km2
Russia
Acceleration
foot/second2, meter/second2, gal, galileo, inch/second2
1 m/s2 = 3.28084 ft/s2 = 100 cm/s2 = 39.37 inch per second squared (inch/s2)
1 ft/s2 = 0.3048 m/s2 = 30.48 cm/s2
1 g = 9.80665 m/s2 = 32.17405 ft/s2
Conductance
Current
Density
kg/cubic meter, gram/centimeter3, lmb/cubic inch, lbm/cubic foot, slug/cubic foot, kilogram/cubic
meter, lbm/gallon (US liq)
Density Water 1,000 kg/m3 = 62.43 Lbs./Cu.Ft = 8.33 Lbs./Gal. = 0.1337 Cu.Ft./Gal.
1 lb/ft3 = 16.018 kg/m3 = 0.016 g/cm3 = 0.00926 oz/in3 = 2.57 oz/gal (Imperial) = 2.139
oz/gal (U.S.) = 0.0005787 lb/in3 = 27 lb/yd3 = 0.161 lb/gal (Imperial) = 0.134 lb/gal (U.S)
= 0.0121 ton/yd3
1 slug/ft3 = 515.379 kg/m3
1 kg/l = 62.43 lb/ft3
1 kg/m3 = 0.001 g/cm3 = 0.0005780 oz/in3 = 0.16036 oz/gal (Imperial) = 0.1335 oz/gal
(U.S.) = 0.0624 lb/ft3 = 0.000036127 lb/in3 = 1.6856 lb/yd3 = 0.010022 lb/gal (Imperial) =
0.008345 lb/gal (U.S) = 0.0007525 ton/yd3
Capacitance
Electric Charge
1 J (Joule) = 0,1020 kpm = 2.778x10-7 kWh = 2.389x10-4 kcal = 0.7376 ft lbf = 1 (kg
m2)/s2 = 1 watt second = 1 Nm = 9.478x10-4 Btu
1 kpm = 9.80665 J = 2.724x10-6 kWh = 2.342x10-3 kcal = 7.233 ft lbf = 9.295x10-3 Btu
1 kWh = 3.6x106 J = 3.671x105 kpm = 859.9 kcal = 2.656x106 ft lbf = 3.412x103 Btu
1 kJ = 1 kNm = 1kWs = 103 J = 0.947813 Btu = 737.6 ft lbf = 0.23884 kcal
1 Btu (British thermal unit) = 1,055.06 J = 107.6 kpm = 2.92875x10-4 kWh = 251.996
calorie (IT - International Table calorie) = 0.252 kcal = 777.649 ft lbf = 1.0544x1010 erg =
0.293 watt hour = 0.999331 Btu (Int Steam Tab) = 0.998560 Btu (mean) = 25020.1 footpoundal = 107.514 kg force meter = 1.0751x107 gram-force cm = 0.000393 hp-hour =
10.456 liter atm = 1054.35 wattsecond
1 cal = 4.186 J
1 kcal = 4186,8 J = 426,9 kp m = 1.163x10-3 kWh = 3.088 ft lbf = 3.9683 Btu = 1,000 cal
1 ft lbf (foot pound force) = 1.3558 J = 0.1383 kp m = 3.766x10-7 kWh = 3.238x10-4 kcal =
1.285x10-3 Btu
1 hp h (horse power hour) = 2.6846x106 J = 0.7457 kWh
1 erg = 1 (g cm2)/s2 = 10-7 J = 1 dyne-centimeter
1 electron volt = 1 eV = 1.602x10-19 J
1 Q = 1018 Btu = 1.055x1021 J
1 Quad = 1015 Btu
1 Therm = 100,000 Btu
1 kg m = 7.233 ft lb = 0.00929 Btu = 9.806 Joule
1 N (Newton) = 0.1020 kp = 7.233 pdl = 7.233/32.174 lbf = 0.2248 lbf = 1 (kg m)/s2 =
105 dyne = 1/9.80665 kgf
1 lbf (Pound force) = 4.44822 N = 0.4536 kp = 32.17 pdl = 4.448x105 dyn
1 dyne = 1 (g cm)/s2
1 kg has a weight of 1 kp
1 kp (Kilopond) = 9.80665 N = 2.205 lbf = 70.93 pdl
1 pdl (Poundal) = 0.13826 N = 0.01409 kp = 0.03108 lbf
Frequency
1 hertz = 1 cycle/sec
1 Btu/sec = 1,055.1 W
1 kW (kJ/s) = 102.0 kpm/s = 859.9 kcal/h = 3,413 Btu/h = 1.360 hk = 1.341 hp = 738 ft
lb/s = 1,000 J/s = 3.6x106 J/h
1 kpm/s = 9.8067x10-3 kW = 8.432 kcal/h = 32.47 Btu/h = 0.01333 hk = 0.01316 hp =
7.237 ft lb/s
1 kcal/h = 1.163x10-3 kW = 0.1186 kpm/s = 3.969 Btu/h = 1.582x10-3 hk = 1.560x10-3 hp
= 0.8583 ft lb/s
1 Btu/h = 2.931x10-4 kW = 0.0299 kpm/s = 0.252 kcal/h = 3.986x10-4 hk = 3.939x10-4 hp
= 0.2163 ft lb/s
1 kcal/h = 1.16x10-3 kW
1 hk (metric horse power) = 0.735499 kW = 75.00 kpm/s = 632.5 kcal/h = 2,510 Btu/h =
0.9863 hp = 542.8 ft lb/s
1 hp = 0.74570 kW = 76.04 kpm/s = 641.2 kcal/h = 2,545 Btu/h = 1.014 hk = 550.3 ft lb/s
1 ft lb/s = 1.35501 kW = 0.1382 kpm/s = 1.165 kcal/h = 4.625 Btu/h = 1.843x10-3 hk =
1.817x10-3 hp
1 ton of refrigeration = 200 Btu/min
Heat flux
Hydraulic Gradients
Inductance
Information Storage
Length
feet, meters, centimeters, kilometers, miles, furlongs, yards, micrometers, inches,angstrom,
cubit, fathom, foot, hand, league, light year, micron, mil, nautical mile, rod,
Luminous Flux
Luminous Intensity
1 bel = 10 decibel
1 decibel = 0.1 bel
Mass, Weight
pounds, kilograms, grams, ounces, grains, tons (long), tons (short), tons (metric), carat, grain,
ounce mass, pound mass (lbm), slug, tonne
1 u (atomic mass) = 1/12 atomic mass units of with the carbon-12 atom (definition of
atomic mass) = 1.66054 x 10-27 kg = 931.494 MeV
Density, Specific Weight and Specific Gravity - An introduction and definition of density,
specific weight and specific gravity. Formulas with examples.
Moment of Inertia
Nautical Measure
Power
horsepower, kilowatt, watt,btu/second, calorie/second, foot lbf/second, kilocalorie/second
Pressure
atmosphere, centimeters of mercury, foot of water, bar, barye, centimeter of water,
dyne/centimeter2, inch of mercury, inch of water, kgf/centimeter2, kgf/meter2, lbf/foot2,
lbf/inch2 (psi), millibar, millimeter of mercury, pascal, torr, newton/meter2
Standard Atmospheric Pressure 1 atm = 101.325 kN/m2 = 1.01325 bar = 101.325 kPa =
14.7 psia = 0 psig = 29.92 in Hg = 760 torr = 33.95 Ft.H2O = 407.2 In.W.G (Water
Gauge) = 2116.8 Lbs./Sq.Ft.
1 N/m2 = 1 Pa = 1.4504x10-4 lb/in2 = 1x10-5 bar = 4.03x10-3 in water = 0.336x10-3 ft water
= 0.1024 mm water = 0.295x10-3 in mercury = 7.55x10-3 mm mercury = 0.1024 kg/m2 =
0.993x10-5 atm
1 Pa = 10-6 N/mm2 = 10-5 bar = 0.1020 kp/m2 = 1.02x10-4 m H2O = 9.869x10-6 atm =
1.45x10-4 psi (lbf/in2)
1 N/mm2 = 106 Pa = 10 bar = 1.020x105 kp/m2 = 102.0 m H2O = 9.869 atm = 145.0 psi
(lbf/in2)
1 mmHg = 1 torr = 0.01934 lb/in2
1 atm = 101,325 Pa (N/m2) = 1.013x102 kN/m2 = 1.033x104 kp/m2 = 1.033 kp/cm2 = 1.013
bar = 14.696 psi (lb/in2) = 407.1 in H2O at 62 0F (16.7 oC) = 33.9 ft H2O at 62 0F (16.7 oC)
= 10.33 m H2O at 62 0F (16.7 oC) = 29.92 in mercury at 62 0F (16.7oC) = 760 mm
mercury at 62 0F (16.7 oC) = 760 torr
1 bar = 1x105 Pa (N/m2) = 0.1 N/mm2 = 10,197 kp/m2 = 10.20 m H2O = 0.98692 atm =
14.5038 psi (lbf/in2) = 1x106 dyne/sq cm = 750 mmHg = 1x106 barye (French) = 75.0062
cm Hg (0oC) = 33.4883 ft H2O (60oF) = 1019.72 gram-force/sq cm = 29.530 in Hg (32oF)
= 1.01972 kg-force/sq cm = 1000 millibar = 2088.54 pound-force/sq foot
1 kp/m2 = 9.81 Pa (N/m2) = 9.807x10-6 N/mm2 = 10-3 m H2O = 1 mm H2O = 0.9681x104
atm = 1.422x10-3 psi (lb/in2) = 0.0394 in H2O = 0.0736 mm mercury
1 psi (lb/in2) = 144 psf (lbf/ft2) = 6,894.8 Pa (N/m2) = 6.895x10-3 N/mm2 = 6.895x10-2 bar =
27.71 in H2O at 62oF (16.7oC) = 703.1 mm H2O at 62oF (16.7oC) = 2.0416 in mercury at
62oF (16.7oC) = 51.8 mm mercury at 62oF (16.7oC) = 703.6 kg/m2 = 0.06895 atm = 2.307
Ft. H2O = 16 ounces
1 psf (lbf/ft2) = 47.88 N/m2 (Pa) = 0.006944 lbf/in2 (psi)
1 dyn/cm2 = 145.04x10-7 lbf/in2
1 in mercury (Hg) = 3,376.8 N/m2= 0.49 lb/in2 = 12.8 in water
1 Ounce = 1.73 In.W.C.
1 Ft.H2O = 0.4335 psi = 62.43 Lbs./Sq.Ft.
1 in water = 248.8 N/m2= 0.0361 lb/in2 = 25.4 kg/m2 = 0.0739 in mercury
1 m H2O = 9806.7 Pa = 9.807x10-3 N/mm2 = 0.0987 bar = 1,000 kp/m2 = 0.09678 atm =
1.422 psi (lbf/in2)
Note! When using pressure units based on liquid columns (like mm Water, in Water, mm Hg ...) be aware that densities of liquids varies with temperature. For more exact conversions
consult temperature density sources for the actual liquids.
Radioactivity
1 becquerel = amount of material which will produce 1 nuclear decay per second =
2.7027x10-11 curie = 1 disintegration/sec
1 curie = amount of material that will produce 3.7 x 1010 nuclear decays per second = 3.7
x 1010 becquerels
Resistance, Electrical
Rotation
revolutions,
1 Btu/lbm = 2,326.1 J/kg = 0.55556 kcal/kg = 778.2 ft lbf / lbm = 3.9 10-4 hp hr / lbm = 5.4
lbf/in2 / lbm/ft3 = 0.237 kp m / g = 5.56 10-4 kcal/g = 2.326 kJ/kg
1 J/kg = 4.299x10-4 Btu/lbm = 2.388x10-4 kcal/kg
1 kcal/kg = 1.80 Btu/lbm = 4,187 J/kg
Specific Heat
Specific Energy
Specific Volume
Stress
Surveyor's Measure
Temperature
celsius, rankine, kelvin, centigrade, fahrenheit,
Thermal Conductivity
1 W/(m K) = 0.85984 kcal/(h m oC) = 0.5779 Btu/(ft h oF) = 0.048 Btu/(in h oF)
1 Btu/(ft h oF) = 1.731 W/(m K) = 1.488 kcal/(h m oC)
1 kcal/(h m oC) = 1.163 W/(m K) = 0.6720 Btu/(ft h oF)
Thermal Diffusivity
Thermal resistance
Time
year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond
1 h = 3600 s = 60 min
1 ms (millisecond) = 10-3 s
1 s (microsecond) = 10-6 s
1 ns (nanosecond) = 10-9 s
1 day (mean solar) = 1.0027379 day (sidereal) = 24 hour (mean solar) = 24.06571 hour
(sidereal) = 0.0027397 year (calendar) = 0.002738 year (sidereal) = 0.002738 year
(tropical)
1 second = 9,192, 631,770 cycles of the standard Cs-133 transition (the definition of the
second)
Torque, Moment
foot-pound torque, newton-meter
1 ft lb = 1.356 Nm
Velocity, Speed
foot/second, inch/second, meter/second, kilometer/hour, knot, mile/hour,nautical mile per hour
Viscosity Dynamic
Viscosity Kinematic
Volume
barrel, gallon, cubic centimeter (cm3), cubic feet (foot3), cubic inch (inch3), cubic meter (meter3),
cubic yard (yard3), quarts, liters, acre foot, board foot, bushel, cord, cup, dram, fluid ounce, peck,
pint, quart, tablespoon, teaspoon,
1 ft3 = 0.02832 m3= 28.32 dm3 = 0.03704 yd3 = 6.229 Imp. gal (UK) = 7.481 gal (US) =
1,728 cu inch = 2.296x10-5 acre foot = 12 board foot (timber) = 0.7786 bushel (UK) =
0.8036 bushel (US, dry) = 0.00781 cord (firewood) = 0.0625 cord foot (timber) = 28316.8
cu centimeter = 6.42851 gallon (US, dry) = 7.48052 gallon (US, liq) = 28.3168 liter =
996.614 ounce (UK, liq) = 957.506 ounce (US, liq) = 51.4281 pint (US, dry) = 59.84442
pint (US, liq) = 25.714 quart (US, dry) = 29.922 quart (US, liq)
1 in3 = 1.6387x10-5 m3 = 1.639x10-2 dm3 (liter) = 16.39 cm3 = 16390 mm3 = 0.000579 ft3
1 Gallon (U.S.) = 3.785x10-3 m3 = 3.785 dm3 (liter) = 231 in3 = 0.13368 ft3 = 4.951x103
yd3 = 0.8327 Imp. gal (UK) = 4 Quarts = 8 Pints
1 Imp. gallon (UK) = 4.546x10-3 m3 = 4.546 dm3 = 0.1605 ft3 = 5.946x10-3 yd3 = 1.201 gal
(US)
1 dm3 (Liter) = 10-3 m3 = 0.03532 ft3 = 1.308x10-3 yd3 = 0.220 Imp gal (UK) = 0.2642
Gallons (US) = 1.057 Quarts = 2.113 Pints
1 yd3 = 0.7646 m3 = 764.6 dm3 = 27 ft3 = 168.2 Imp. gal (UK) = 202.0 gal (US) = 46,656
Cu.In. = 1616 Pints = 807.9 Quarts = 764.6 Liters
1 pint (pt) = 0.568 dm3 (liter) = 16 fl. oz. (fluid ounce) = 28.88 in3
1 km3 = 109 m3 = 1012 dm3 (liter) = 1015 cm3 = 1018 mm3
1 cm3 = 0.061 in3 = 0.00042 board foot = 2.7496x10-5 bushel (UK) = 2.8378x10-5 bushel
(US, dry) = 3.5315x10-5 cu foot = 0.06102 cu inch = 1x10-6 cu meter = 1.308x10-6 cu yard
= 0.28156 drachm (UK, liq) = 0.27051 dram (US, liq) = 0.000227 gallon (UK) = 0.00027
gallon (US, dry) = 0.000264 gallon (US, liq) = 0.0074 gill (UK) = 0.00845 gill (US) = 0.001
liter = 0.035195 ounce (UK, liq) = 0.033814 ounce (US, liq) = 0.00182 pint (US, dry) =
0.00211 pint (US, liq) = 0.00088 quart (UK) = 0.00091 quart (US, dry) = 0.00106 quart
(US, liq)
1 m3 = 103 dm3 (liter) = 35.31 ft3 = 1.3093 yd3 = 220.0 Imp. gal (UK) = 264.2 gal (US) =
61,023 Cu.In. = 35.31 Cu.Ft = 0.1 decistere
1 Hogshead = 63 gallon = 8.42184 Cu.Ft
1 barrel (UK) = 1.5 bag (UK) = 1.41541 barrel (US, dry) = 1.37251 barrel (US, liq) = 4.5
bushel (UK) = 4.64426 bushel (US, dry) = 5.77957 cu ft = 0.16366 cu meter = 36 gallon
(UK) = 163.6592 liter
1 barrel beer = 31.5 gallons beer
1 barrel (US, oil) = 1.33 barrel (US, liq) = 5.61458 cu foot = 42 gallons (US, liq) =
158.9873 liter
1 barrel (US, dry) = 0.969696 barrel (US, liq) = 3.28122 bushel (US, dry) = 4.0833 cu ft =
7056 cu inch = 0.11563 cu meter = 104.999 quart (US, dry)
1 barrel (US, liq) = 1.03125 barrel (US, dry) = 0.75 barrel (US, oil) = 4.2109 cu foot =
7276.5 cu inch = 0.11924 cu meter = 26.22924 gallon (UK) = 31.5 gallon (US, liq) =
119.24 liter =
1 bushel = 1.2445 Cu.Ft. = 32 Quarts (Dry) = 64 Pints (dry) = 4 Pecks
1 bushel (UK) = 0.3333 bag (UK) = 1.03206 bushel (US) = 36368.7 cu cm = 1.28435 cu
foot = 2219 cu inch = 8 gallon (UK) = 36.3687 liter
1 bushel (US, dry) = 0.30476 barrel (US, dry) = 0.96894 bushel (UK) = 35239.07 cu cm =
1.24446 cu foot = 2150.42 cu inch = 0.03524 cu meter 0.04609 cu yard = 8 gallon (US,
dry) = 9.30918 gallon (US, liq) = 35.23907 liter = 1191.57 ounce (US, liq) = 4 peck (US)
= 64 pint (US, dry) = 32 quart (US, dry) = 37.23671 quart (US, liq)
1 quart (qt) = 2 pints = 57.75 in3 = 1/8 dry quarts
1 fluid ounce (fl. oz.) = 2 tablespoons = 1.805 in3 = 29.574 milliliters
1 cord (firewood) = 128 cu foot = 8 cord foot (timber) = 3.6246 cu meter
1 cord foot (timber) = 0.125 cord (firewood) = 16 cu foot
1 peck = 8 dry quarts
1 cup = 8 fl.oz. (fluid ounce)
1 cup (metric) = 200 milliliter
1 cup, tea = 0.25 pint = 142.06 milliliter
1 board foot = piece of lumber 1 foot wide x 1 foot long x 1 inch thick = 2359.74 cu cm =
0.083333 cu foot = 144 cu inch
1 acre foot = 43560 cu foot = 1233.482 cu meter = 1613.33 cu yard = 3.259x105 gallon
(US liquid)
1 acre inch = 3630 cu foot = 102.7901531 cu meter = 134.44 cu yard = 27154.286 gallon
(US)
1 bucket (UK) = 18184.35 cu cm = 4 gallon (UK)
1 butt (UK. liq) = 16.2549 bushel (US) = 20.2285 cu foot = 0.57281 cu meter = 151.3197
gallon (US)
1 chaldron (UK, liq) = 36 bushel (UK)
1 dram (US, liq) = 3.6967 cu cm = 0.225586 cu inch = 1.04084 drachm (UK, liq) =
0.03125 gill (US) = 3.69669 millimeter = 60 minim (US) = 0.125 ounce (US, liq) =
0.0078125 pint (US, liq)
1 fifth (US, liq) = 17.067 jigger (US, liq) = 0.75708 liter = 25.6 ounce (US, liq) = 1.6 pint
(US, liq) = 25.6 pony (US, liq) = 0.8 quartt (US, liq) = 25.6 shot (US, liq)
1 firkin (UK) = 1.125 bushel (UK) = 40914.8 cu cm = 1.44489 cu foot = 1.20095 firkin
(US) = 9 gallon (UK) = 40.91481 liter = 72 pint (UK)
1 hectoliter = 2.7496 bushel (UK) = 2.8378 bushel (US, dry) = 1x105 cu cm = 3.5315 cu
foot = 26.417 gallon (US, liq) = 100 liter = 3381.4 ounce (US, liq) = 11.351 peck (US)
Volume Flow