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Common Chemistry Conversions: English To Metric Conversions

This document provides common chemistry conversions between English and metric units for mass, length, volume, area, and temperature. It also includes conversions within the English system for mass, length, volume and area. Additional conversions are given for energy, pressure, physical constants like the speed of light, Planck's constant, particle masses, Avogadro's number, the gas constant, Faraday's constant, and the electronic charge.

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Common Chemistry Conversions: English To Metric Conversions

This document provides common chemistry conversions between English and metric units for mass, length, volume, area, and temperature. It also includes conversions within the English system for mass, length, volume and area. Additional conversions are given for energy, pressure, physical constants like the speed of light, Planck's constant, particle masses, Avogadro's number, the gas constant, Faraday's constant, and the electronic charge.

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Common Chemistry Conversions

English to Metric Conversions


(mass, length, volume, and area conversions are good to 4 significant figures)

Mass Length Volume Area Temperature
1 lb = 453.6 g 1 in = 2.540 cm 1 fl oz = 29.57 mL 1 in
2
= (2.54 cm)
2
=6.452 cm
2

C =
5
/
9
(F 32)
C =

.

1 oz = 28.35 g 1 ft = 30.48 cm 1 L = 1.057 qt 1 m
2
= (3.281 ft)
2
= 10.76 ft
2

F

=
9
/
5
C + 32
F

= 1.8(C) + 32
1 kg = 2.205 lbs 1 m = 3.281 ft 1 gal = 3.785 L K= C + 273.15
1 metric ton =1000. kg 1 mi = 1.609 km 1 in
3
= (2.54 cm)
3
= 16.39 cm
3



English to English Conversions. (all conversions are exact)

Mass Length Volume Area
1 lb = 16 oz 1 ft = 12 in 1 cup = 8 fl oz 1 ft
2
= (12 in)
2
= 144 in
2

1 ton = 2000 lbs 1 yd = 3 ft 1 pt = 2 cups 1 mi
2
= 640 acres
1 mi = 5280 ft 1 qt = 2 pt
1 gal = 4 qt


Other Conversions

Energy Pressure
1 cal = 4.184 J 1 atm = 760 mm Hg = 760 torr = 101,325 Pa
I J = 1 kgm
2
/ s
2
1 Pa = 1 kg/(ms
2
)

Constants

speed of light
(in a vacuum)
c = 2.998 10
8
m/s
Plancks
constant
h = 6.626 10
-34
Js
electron mass
proton mass
neutron mass
m
e
= 9.109 10
-31
kg
m
p
= 1.673 10
-27
kg
m
n
= 1.675 10
-27
kg
Avogadros
number
N
A
= 6.0221367 10
23
particles/mol
Gas Constant
R = 0.08206 Latm/ (molK)
= 8.315 J/( molK)
= 8.315 kPadm
3
/ (molK)
Faraday
Constant
F = 9.65 10
4
C/mol
Electronic
charge
e = 1.602 10
-19
C

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