Table 1.

Conversion Multipliers
Length

inch foot mile cm meter kmeter

1 0.0833 1.58E-05 2.54 0.0254 2.54E-05

12 1 1.89E-05 30.48 0.3048 3.05E-04

63,360 5,280 1 160,934 1,609.34 1.60934

0.3937 0.0328 6.21E-06 1 0.01 1.00E-05

39,370 3.2808 6.21E-04 100 1 0.001

39,370 3,281 0.6214 100,000 1,000 1

Force

Pound Newton

1 4.44822

0.224809 1

Mass

ton (short; tonne (metric;

ounce pound kgram ton (long; UK) slug
US) SI)

1 0.0625 0.0283 3.125E-05 2.970E-05 2.835E-05 0.00194256

16 1 0.4536 5.000E-04 4.464E-04 4.536E-04 0.031081

35.2741 2.2046 1 0.0011 9.842E-04 0.0010 0.0685218

32,000 2,000 907.1800 1 0.8929 0.9072 62.1619

35,840 2,240 1,016 1.1200 1 1.0160 69.6213

35,274 2,205 1,000 1.1023 0.9842 1 68.5218

514.785 32.174 14.5939 0.016087 0.0143634 0.0145939 1

Area

sq in. sq ft acre sq m hectare

1 0.0069 1.594E-07 6.452E-04 6.452E-08

144 1 2.296E-05 0.0929 9.290E-06

6.273E+06 43,560 1 4,046.9 0.4047

1,550 10.7639 2.471E-04 1 1.000E-04

1.550E+07 107,639 2.4711 10,000 1

Volume

cu in. cu ft gallon bushel liter cu m

1 5.787E-04 0.0043 4.650E-04 0.0164 1.639E-05

1728 1 7.4805 0.8036 28.3168 0.0283

231 0.1337 1 0.1074 3.7854 0.0038

2150.44 1.2445 9.3093 1 35.2394 0.0352

61.0237 0.0353 0.2642 0.0284 1 0.001

61,024 35.315 264.17 28.377 1000 1

Bulk
Density

pound/cu in. pound/cu ft pound/cu yd pound/gallon g/cu cm kg/cu m

1 1728 46656 231.00 27.6798 27679.76

5.787E-04 1 27 0.1337 0.0160 16.0184

2.143E-05 0.0370 1 0.0050 5.9327E-04 0.5933

4.329E-03 7.481 201.9740 1 0.1198 119.8458

0.0361 62.4283 1685.564 8.3454 1 1000

3.613E-05 0.0324 1.6856 0.0083 0.001 1

Mass
Flow Rate

pound/sec pound/hr ton (short)/hr kg/sec kg/hr

1 3600 1.80 0.4536 1632.9

2.778E-04 1 5.000E-04 1.260E-04 0.4536

0.5556 2000 1 0.25199 907.1800

2.2046 7,937 3.9683 1 3600

6.124E-04 2.2046 0.0011 2.778E-04 1

Volume
Flow Rate

cu ft/min
cu ft/sec gallons/hr cu meters/sec liters/sec
(cfm)

1 60.0 26929.9 0.0283 28.3166

0.0167 1 448.83 4.719E-04 0.4719

3.713E-05 0.0022 1 1.051E-06 0.0011

35.3150 2118.9 9.510E+05 1 1000

0.0353 2.1189 954.026 1.000E-03 1

Pressure

psi in. water in. Hg mm Hg atmospheres Pascals

1 27.708 2.0360 51.7145 0.0680 6894.7

0.0361 1 0.0735 1.8664 0.0025 248.84

0.4912 13.6090 1 25.4 0.0334 3396.4

0.0193 0.5358 0.0394 1 0.0013 133.32

14.696 407.1984 29.9213 760 1 1.013+05

1.450E-04 0.0040 2.953E-04 0.0075 9.869E-06 1

Power

mechanical boiler
BTU/hr ft-lb/min Kcal/hr kW
horsepower horsepower

1 12.9695 0.2520 3.930E-04 2.988E-05 2.931E-04

0.0771 1 0.0194 3.030E-05 2.304E-06 2.260E-05

3.9683 51.4663 1 0.0016 1.186E-04 0.001163

2,544 33,000 641.196 1 0.0760 0.7457

33,470 434,089 8,434 13.1542 1 9.8091

3,412 44,254 859.859 1.3410 0.1019 1

Energy

BTU ft-lb kCal kJoule hp-hr kW-hr

1 778.17 0.25200 1.0551 3.930E-04 2.931E-04

0.0013 1 0.0003 0.0014 5.051E-07 3.766E-07

3.9683 3,088 1 4.1868 0.0016 0.0012

0.9478 737.563 0.2388 1 3.725E-04 2.778E-04

2,544 1,979,999 641.19 2684.5 1 0.7457

3,412 2,655,225 859.85 3,600 1.341 1

Energy
Density

BTU/ton
BTU/pound kCal/kg kJoule/kg MJoule/kg
(short)

1 2000 0.5556 2.3260 0.0023

5.000E-04 1 1111.112 4652.004 4.6520

1.8000 9.000E-04 1 4.1868 0.0042

0.4299 2.150E-04 0.2388 1 0.001

429.922 0.2150 238.8459 1000 1

Energy
Yield

BTU/sq ft BTU/ac kJ/sq m KJ/ha

1 43560 11.3574 113574

2.2957E-05 1 2.61E-04 2.608

0.08805 3835.7 1 10000

8.805E-06 0.38357 0.0001 1

Table 2. SI Prefixes

Prefix Symbol Multiplying Factor

Exa E 1018

Peta P 1015

Tera T 1012

Giga G 109

Mega M 106
Table 2. SI Prefixes

Prefix Symbol Multiplying Factor

Kilo K 103

Milli m 10-3

Micro 10-6

Nano n 10-9

Pico p 10-12

Femto f 10-15

Atto a 10-18

No single conversion factor can be used to convert temperatures in the English system (degrees Fahrenheit or
degrees Rankine) to temperatures in the SI system (degrees Celsius and degrees Kelvin) or the other way around.
The equations for converting temperatures and temperature difference from one system to another are presented
in Table 3.

Table 3. Equations for Temperature Conversions

F = (9/5) x C + 32
C = (5/9) x (F-32)
R = F + 460
K = C + 273
t (F) = t (C) x 1.8
t (C) = (F) x 0.556

F = degrees Fahrenheit; C = degrees Celcius; R = degrees Rankine; K = degrees Kelvin; t = temperature difference