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- Metric prefixes
- Yotta = 1024 Symbol: Y
- Zetta = 1021 Symbol: Z
- Exa = 1018 Symbol: E
- Peta = 1015 Symbol: P
- Tera = 1012 Symbol: T
- Giga = 109 Symbol: G
- Mega = 106 Symbol: M
- Kilo = 103 Symbol: k
- Hecto = 102 Symbol: h
- Deca = 101 Symbol: da
- Deci = 10-1 Symbol: d
- Centi = 10-2 Symbol: c
- Milli = 10-3 Symbol: m
- Micro = 10-6 Symbol: ?
- Nano = 10-9 Symbol: n
- Pico = 10-12 Symbol: p
- Femto = 10-15 Symbol: f
- Atto = 10-18 Symbol: a
- Zepto = 10-21 Symbol: z
- Yocto = 10-24 Symbol: y
- Conversion factors for temperature
- oF = (oC)(9/5) + 32
- oC = (oF - 32)(5/9)
- oR = oF + 459.67
- oK = oC + 273.15
Conversion equivalencies for volume
1 gallon (gal) = 231.0 cubic inches
(in3) = 4 quarts (qt) = 8 pints (pt) = 128 fluid
ounces (fl. oz.) = 3.7854 liters (l)
Conversion equivalencies for distance
1 inch (in) = 2.540000 centimeter (cm)
Conversion equivalencies for velocity
1 mile per hour (mi/h) = 88 feet per minute
(ft/m) = 1.46667 feet per second (ft/s) = 1.60934 kilometer
per hour (km/h) = 0.44704 meter per second (m/s) = 0.868976
knot (knot -- international)
Conversion equivalencies for weight
1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz) = 0.45359 kilogram
(kg)
Conversion equivalencies for force
1 pound-force (lbf) = 4.44822 newton (N)
Acceleration of gravity (free fall), Earth standard
9.806650 meters per second per second
(m/s2) = 32.1740 feet per second per second
(ft/s2)
Conversion equivalencies for area
1 acre = 43560 square feet (ft2) =
4840 square yards (yd2) = 4046.86 square meters
(m2)
Conversion equivalencies for pressure
1 pound per square inch (psi) = 2.03603 inches
of mercury (in. Hg) = 27.6807 inches of water (in. W.C.) =
6894.757 pascals (Pa) = 0.0680460 atmospheres (Atm) =
0.0689476 bar (bar)
Conversion equivalencies for energy or work
1 british thermal unit (BTU -- "International
Table") = 251.996 calories (cal -- "International Table") =
1055.06 joules (J) = 1055.06 watt-seconds (W-s) = 0.293071
watt-hour (W-hr) = 1.05506 x 1010 ergs (erg) =
778.169 foot-pound-force (ft-lbf)
Conversion equivalencies for power
1 horsepower (hp -- 550 ft-lbf/s) = 745.7 watts
(W) = 2544.43 british thermal units per hour (BTU/hr) =
0.0760181 boiler horsepower (hp -- boiler)
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