Quantity length

mass time electric current thermodynamic temperature amount of substance luminous intensity

Unit Name meter kilogram second ampere kelvin mole candela

Symbol m kg s A K mol cd

Deprecated Term or Symbol kilo calorie candle or candlepower centiliter fermi gamma micron millimicron mho (gamma) (lambda)

Correct Unit kilogram joule (J), if the value is used in physics kilojoule (kJ), if the value is used in nutrition candela milliliter or liter femtometer nanotesla micrometer nanometer siemens microgram cubic millimeter or microliter

ngstrm
-2 6

g as a unit of acceleration (g = 9.806 65 ms )

n n

grade or gon [1 grade = (/200) rad] kilogram-force

2

langley (1 langley = 1 cal/cm ) metric carat (use carat, which is 200 mg) metric horsepower millimeter of mercury millimeter, centimeter, or meter of water standard atmosphere (101.325 kPa) technical atmosphere (98.0665 kPa) torr (133.322 Pa)

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To Convert From 5.1.4 square meter

2

To Area

Multiply By 4 046.873 0.404 687 3 0.000 506 708

acre acre circular mil

(m )
15

hectare (ha) square millimeter

2

(mm )

square inch square inch square foot square yard square mile 5.1.5 acre-foot
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square centimeter
2

(cm ) square millimeter

2

6.451 6 645.16 0.092 903 04 0.836 127 36 2.589 988

(mm ) square meter

2

(m ) square meter
2

(m ) square kilometer
2

(km ) Volume cubic meter

3

(m ) cubic meter
3

1 233.489 0.158 987 3 158.987 3 0.764 555 0.028 316 85 28.316 85 0.002 359 737 2.831 685 0.035 239 07 3.785 412 0.946 352 9 0.473 176 5

barrel, oil (42 U.S. gallons) barrel, oil (42 U.S. gallons) cubic yard cubic foot cubic foot board foot
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(m ) liter (L) cubic meter

3

(m ) cubic meter
3

(m ) liter (L) cubic meter

3

(m ) cubic meter
3

register ton
18

(m ) cubic meter
3

bushel gallon quart (liquid) pint (liquid)

(m ) liter (L) liter (L) liter (L)

Section To Convert From To

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Multiply By fluid ounce cubic inch 5.1.6 5.1.7 foot per second mile per hour
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milliliter (mL) cubic centimeter

3

29.573 53 16.387 064

20

(cm ) Time Velocity meter per second (m /s) kilometer per hour (km/h) kilometer per hour (km/h)

0.304 8 1.609 344 1.852

knot (nautical mile per hour)

5.1.8 inch per second squared foot per second squared standard acceleration of gravity (g )
n

Acceleration meter per second squared

-2

(ms ) meter per second squared

-2

0.025 4 0.304 8 9.806 65

(ms ) meter per second squared

-2

(ms ) Flow rate cubic meter per second

3

5.1.9 cubic foot per second cubic foot per minute cubic foot per minute cubic yard per minute gallon per minute gallon per day 5.1.10
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(m /s) cubic meter per second

3

0.028 316 85 0.000 471 9474 0.471 947 4 12.742 58 0.063 090 2 3.785 412

(m /s) liter per second (L/s) liter per second (L/s) liter per second (L/s) liter per day (L/d)

mile per gallon 5.2 5.2.1

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Fuel efficiency kilometer per liter 0.425 143 7 (km/L) Quantities of Mechanics
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Mass (weight ) kilogram (kg) metric ton (t) 1 016.047 1.016 047

ton (long) (2240 lb) ton (long)

Section To Convert From To Multiply By ton (short) (2000 lb) ton (short) slug pound (avoirdupois) ounce (troy) ounce (avoirdupois) grain 5.2.2 pound foot 5.2.3 ton (2 000 lb ([short]) per cubic

kilogram (kg) metric ton (t) kilogram (kg) kilogram (kg) gram (g) gram (g) milligram (mg) Moment of mass kilogram meter (kg m) Density kilogram per cubic meter

907.184 74 0.907 184 74 14.593 9 0.453 592 37 31.103 48 28.349 52 64.798 91

0.138 255 1 186. 553

yard

(kg /m ) metric ton per cubic meter

3

1.186 553 16.018 46

pound per cubic foot 5.2.4 pound per gallon ounce (avoirdupois) per gallon 5.2.5 pound foot per second 5.2.6 pound square foot 5.2.7 pound-force poundal 5.2.8 pound-force foot pound-force inch 5.2.9
25

(t /m ) kilogram per cubic meter

3

(kg /m ) gram per liter (g /L) gram per liter (g /L)

Concentration (mass) 119.826 4 7.489 152

standard atmosphere

Momentum kilogram meter per second 0.138 255 0 (kg m /s) Moment of inertia kilogram square meter 2 0.042 140 11 (kg m ) Force newton 4.448 222 (N) newton 0.138 255 0 (N) Moment of force, torque newton meter 1.355 818 (N m) newton meter 0.112 984 8 (N m) Pressure, stress kilopascal 101.325 (kPa)

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Multiply By bar millibar pound-force per square inch (psi) kilopound-force per square inch pound-force per square foot
26

inch of mercury (32 F)

26

foot of water (39.2 F)

26

inch of water (39.2 F)

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millimeter of mercury F) torr (Torr)

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kilopascal (kPa) kilopascal (kPa) kilopascal (kPa) megapascal (MPa) kilopascal (kPa) kilopascal (kPa) kilopascal (kPa) kilopascal (kPa) kilopascal kPa) pascal (Pa)

100 0.1 6.894 757 6.894 757 0.047 880 26 3.386 38 2.988 98 0.249 082 0.133 322 4 133.322 4

5.2.10 centipoise 5.2.11 centistokes 5.2.12

28

kilowatthour
29

calorie (as used in physics)

30

calorie (as used in nutrition)

31

Btu therm (U.S.) horsepower hour foot pound-force

Viscosity (dynamic) millipascal second 1 (mPa s) Viscosity (kinematic) square millimeter per second 2 1 (mm /s) Energy, work, heat megajoule 3.6 (MJ) joule 4.184 (J) kilojoule 4.184 (kJ) kilojoule 1.055 056 (kJ) megajoule 105.480 4 (MJ) megajoule 2.684 520 (MJ) joule 1.355 818 (J)

32 Section To Convert From To Multiply By Power 5.2.13 ton, refrigeration (12 000 kilowatt 3.516 853 Btu/h) (kW) 31 kilowatt 1.055 056 Btu per second (kW) 31 watt 0.293 071 1 Btu per hour (W) horsepower (550 foot pounds- watt 745.699 9 force per second) (W) watt horsepower, electric 746 (W) watt foot pound-force per second 1.355 818 (W) 5.3 Quantities of Heat 33 5.3.1 Temperature 5.3.2 Linear expansion coefficient reciprocal kelvin -1 reciprocal degree Fahrenheit 1.8 (K ) reciprocal degree Celsius -1 reciprocal degree Fahrenheit 1.8 (C ) 34 5.3.3 Heat

5.3.4 5.3.5 Btu inch per hour square foot degree Fahrenheit 5.3.6 Btu per hour square foot

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Heat flow rate Thermal conductivity watt per meter kelvin 0.144 227 9 [W / (m K)] Coefficient of heat transfer watt per square meter kelvin 5.678 263

degree Fahrenheit 5.3.7 Btu per degree Fahrenheit Btu per Fahrenheit pound 5.3.8 degree 5.3.9 Btu per degree Rankine 5.3.10

[W / (m K)] Heat capacity kilojoule per kelvin 1.899 101 (kJ/K) Specific heat capacity kilojoule per kilogram kelvin 4.186 8 [kJ/(kg K)] Entropy kilojoule per kelvin 1.899 101 (kJ/K) Specific entropy

Section To Convert From To Multiply By Btu per pound degree Rankine 5.3.11 Btu per pound 5.4 5.4.1 oersted 5.4.2 maxwell 5.4.3 gauss 5.4.4 ampere hour 5.4.5 ohm circular mil per foot 5.4.6 mho per centimeter 5.5 5.5.1 ngstrm 5.5.2 lambert (L) candela per square inch footlambert 5.5.3

kilojoule per kilogram kelvin [kJ/(kg K)]

4.186 8

Specific internal energy kilojoule per kilogram 2.326 (kJ/kg)

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Quantities of Electricity and Magnetism Magnetic field strength ampere per meter 79.577 47 (A/m) Magnetic flux nanoweber 10 (nWb) Magnetic flux density millitesla 0.1 (mT) Electric charge coulomb 3 600 (C) Resistivity nanoohm meter 1.662 426 (n m) Conductivity siemens per meter 100 (S/m) Quantities of Light and Related
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Electromagnetic Radiation Wavelength nanometer (nm) Luminance candela per square meter
2

0.1

(cd/m ) candela per square meter

2

3 183.099 1 550.003 3.426 259

(cd /m ) candela per square meter

2

(cd /m )

Luminous exitance

lumen per square foot phot 5.5.4 footcandle 5.6

lux (lx) lux (lx) Illuminance lux (lx)

10.763 91 10 000

10.763 91 Quantities of Radiology

Section To Convert From To Multiply By Activity (of a radionuclide) 5.6.1 megabecquerel Curie 37 000 (MBq) 5.6.2 Absorbed dose gray Rad 0.01 (Gy) centigray Rad 1 (cGy) 5.6.3 Dose equivalent sievert Rem 0.01 (Sv) millisievert Rem 10 (mSv) millisievert Millirem 0.01 (mSv) microsievert Millirem 10 (Sv) 5.6.4 Exposure (x and gamma rays) coulomb per kilogram roentgen 0.000 258 (C/kg)