Reference Information

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Conversion Factors
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DENSITY
g/cm3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.43
0.03613
8.345
lb/ft3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.02
lb/in3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1728
27.68

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lb/ft3
lb/in3
lb/gal
kg/m3
lb/ft3
g/cm3

PRESSURE
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kPa
mm of Hg
in of Hg
ft of H2O
kg/m2
lb/in2
lb/ft2
bar
kg/cm2
kPa
in of H2O
ft of H2O
kPa
lb/in2
lb/ft2
kg/m2
atm
lb/in2
lb/ft2
kPa
atm
in of H2O
ft of H2O
kPa
lb/in2
lb/ft2
kg/m2
kPa
lb/in2
lb/ft2
kg/m2
atm
kPa
lb/in2
g/cm2
kPa
in of Hg
ft of H2O

ft3/min . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.9
28.32
ft3/hr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.866
.4719
ft3/sec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.32
1699
28320
gal/hr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.309 x 10-5
3.785
ltr/min
0.03531
2.119

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cm3/sec
ltr/min
cm3/sec
ltr/min
ltr/sec
ltr/min
cm3/sec
m3/min
ltr/hr
ft3/min
ft3/hr

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ltr
in3
gal
ft3
qt
in3
cm3
in3
yd3
gal
ltr
m3
cm3
ltr
gal
qt
m3

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kg
g
ft3
in3
gal
g
kg
lb
kg
lb

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g/(cm)(sec)
(dyn)(sec)/cm2
cP
lb/(ft)(sec)
(lb)(sec)/ft2
lb/(ft)(hr)

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cm2/sec
in2/sec
ft2/sec
P

VISCOSITY (Absolute)
P............................... 1
1
100
cP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.720 x 10-4
2.089 x 10-5
2.419

VISCOSITY (Kinematic)
St . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
0.1549
1.076 x 10-3
density (g/cm3)

TEMPERATURE
F = 1.8 (C) + 32

K = C + 273.2

R = F + 459.7

MISCELLANEOUS PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

NUMERICAL
CONSTANT
VALUE
Avogadros Number . . . 6.022 x 1023 . . . . . . . . . .
Gas-Law Constant R . . . . . . . . 1.987 . . . . . . . . . .
1.987 . . . . . . . . . .
82.06 . . . . . . . . . .
0.08206 . . . . . . . . . .
1545 . . . . . . . . . .
0.7302 . . . . . . . . . .
8314 . . . . . . . . . .

HEATING VALUE
Btu/ft3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03725 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J/cm3
Btu/lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.326 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J/g

UNITS
molecules/g-mol
cal/(g-mol)(K)
Btu/(lb-mol)(R)
(cm3)(atm)/(g-mol)(K)
(ltr)(atm)/(g-mol)(K)
(ft)(lb-force)/(lb-mol)(R)
(ft3) (atm)/(lb-mol)(R)
J/(k-mol)(K)

Key
atm
bar
Btu
C
cal
cP
cm
cm2
cm3

. . . . . . . atmosphere
. . . . . . . bar
. . . . . . . British thermal unit
. . . . . . . degree Celsius
. . . . . . . calorie, thermochemical
. . . . . . . centipoise
. . . . . . . centimeter
. . . . . . . square centimeter
. . . . . . . cubic centimeter

dyn
F
ft
ft2
ft3
g
gal
g-mol
hr

. . . . . dyne
. . . . . degree Fahrenheit
. . . . . foot
. . . . . square foot
. . . . . cubic foot
. . . . . gram
. . . . . gallon
. . . . . gram mole
. . . . . hour

Hg
H2O
in
in2
in3
J
K
kg
kPa

. . . . . mercury
. . . . . water
. . . . . inch
. . . . . square inch
. . . . . cubic inch
. . . . . joule
. . . . . kelvin
. . . . . kilogram
. . . . . kilopascal

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k-mol . . . . . kilo mole

ltr . . . . . . liter
lb
. . . . . . pound
lb-force . . . . pound force
lb-mol . . . . pound mole
m
. . . . . . meter
min . . . . . . minute
mm . . . . . . millimeter
m2 . . . . . . square meter

m3
oz
P
qt
R
sec
St
yd3

. . . . . cubic meter
. . . . . ounce
. . . . . poise
. . . . . quart
. . . . . degree Rankine
. . . . . second
. . . . . stokes
. . . . . cubic yard

Reference Information

atm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.3
760
29.92
33.90
10330
14.70
2116
1.013
1.033
bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
cm of Hg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.353
0.4460
1.333
0.1934
27.84
136.0
ft of H2O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02950
0.4335
62.43
2.989
in of Hg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03342
13.60
1.133
3.386
0.4912
70.73
345.3
in of H2O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2491
0.03612
5.202
25.40
2
kg/cm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9678
98.07
14.22
lb/in2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.31
6.895
2.036
2.307

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By
VOLUME
cm3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001
0.0610
ltr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2642
0.03531
1.057
61.02
ft3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28320
1728
0.03704
7.481
28.32
0.02832
in3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.39
0.01639
4.329 x 10-3
0.01732
1.639 x 10-5
g-mol of
Ideal Gas @ 0C
& 760 mm Hg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.41
lb-mol of
Ideal Gas @ 0C
& 760 mm Hg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.0
MASS
lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4536
453.6
lb of H2O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01602
27.68
0.1198
oz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.35
ton (long) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016
2240
ton (short) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.2
2000