APPENDIX

CONVERSION FACTORS
1 acre = 43,560 ft2
1 acre foot = 7758.0 bbl
1 atmosphere = 760 mm Hg = 14.696 psia = 29.91 inch Hg
1 atmosphere = 1.0133 bars = 33.899 ft H2O
1 barrel (oil) = 42 gal = 5.6146 ft3
1 barrel (water) = 350 lb at 60°F
1 barrel per day = 1.84 cm3/second
1 Btu = 778.26 ft-lb
1 centipoise × 2.42 = lb mass/(ft) (hour), viscosity
1 centipoise × 0.000672 = lb mass/(ft) (second), viscosity
1 foot3 = 28,317 cm3 = 7.4805 gal
Density of water at 60°F = 0.999 g/cm3 = 62.367 lb/ft3 = 8.337 Ib/gal
1 gallon = 231 inch3 = 3785.4 cm3 = 0.13368 ft3
1 horsepower-hour = 0.7457 kilowatt hours (kWhr) = 2544.5 Btu
1 horsepower = 550 ft-lb/second = 745.7 W
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm = 10 μm = 10 angstroms (Å)
1 ounce = 28.35 g
1 pound = 453.59 g = 7000 grains
1 mile2 = 640 acres

SI METRIC CONVERSION FACTORS

Acre-foot × 1.233482 E + 03 = m3
Barrels × 1.589873 E – 01 = m3
Centipoise × 1.000000 E – 03 = Pa seconds
Darcy × 9.869233 E – 01 = μm2
Feet × 3.048000 E – 01 = m
Pounds/acre p foot × 3.677332 E – 04 = kg/m3
Pounds/inch2 × 6.894757 E + 00 = kPa
Dyne/cm × 1.000000 E + 00 = mN/m
Parts per million × 1.000000 E + 00 = mg/kg

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