Basic Units and Conversions

BASIC UNITS & CONVERSIONS

1. FUNDAMENTAL UNITS:

• LENGTH –METRE (m)

• MASS –KILOGRAMS (kg)

• TIME –SECONDS(s)

• ELECTRICAL CURRENT STRENGTH –AMPERE (A)

2. DERIVED UNITS:

• FORCE – MLT-2.

• LINEAR MOMENTUM – MLT-2.

• ANGULAR MOMENTUM – ML2 T-1.

• WORK \ ENERGY =TORQUE – ML2 T-2.

• POWER – ML2 T-3.

• SURFACE TENSION – MT-2.

• VISCOSITY – KINEMATIC – M2 T-1.

- DYNAMIC – ML-1 T-1.

• DISCHARGE – M3 T-1.

• SPECIFIC WEIGHT – ML-2 T-2.

• SURFACE TENSION – MT-2.

3. CONVERTIONS:

MASS

• 1 carat = 0.2 gram.

• 1 grain = 0.0648 gram.

• 1 ounce = 28.3495 grams.

• 1 pound = 453.5924 grams.

• 1 stone = 6350.2932 grams.

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LENGTH

• 1 foot = 0.3048 meters.

• 1 furlong = 201.168 meters.

• 1 hectometre = 100 meters.

• 1 yard = 0.9144 meters

• 1 light year = 9.4605e+012 kilometres.

• 1 nautical mile = 1.852 kilometres.

• 1 mile = 1.6093 kilometres.

TIME

• 1 day = 86400 seconds.

• 1 day = 1440 minutes.

ANGLE

• 1 radian = 57.2958 degrees.

AREA

• 1 acre = 4046.8726 square meters.

• 1 hectare = 10000 square meters.

VOLUME

• 1 litre = 1000 CC.

• 1 cup = 0.2366 litres.

• 1 gallon = 3.7854 litres.

• 1 ounce = 0.02957 litres.

• 1 quart = 0.9464 litres.

• 1 pint = 0.5 quart.

• 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoon.

• 1 barrel = 115.6271 litres.

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• 1 bushel = 35.2391 litres.

VELOCITY

• 1 km/h = 0.2778 m/s.

• 1 knot = 0.5144 m/s.

• 1 mach = 331.46 m/s.

POWER

• 1 cal/s = 0.00561 HP.

• 1 cal/s = 0.00418 kW.

• 1 HP = 0.7456 kW.

PRESSURE

• 1 atm = 1.01325 bars.

• 1 atm = 76 cms of Hg.

• 1 atm = 10332.2745 kg/m2.

• 1 bar = 100000 Pascal.

• 1 bar = 1000000 dynes/cm2.

• 1 torr =133.3224 Pascal.

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