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02 Common Converstion Factors

1. This document provides common conversion factors for length, mass, volume, force, pressure, heat, energy, work, thermal conductivity, viscosity, specific heat, heat flux and flow, enthalpy, and temperature. 2. It includes conversions between metric, English, and other units such as inches, centimeters, meters, grams, pounds, liters, gallons, newtons, pounds-force, calories, joules, BTUs, and others. 3. The conversions were prepared by Engineer Peniel Jean A. Gildo of the Chemical Engineering Department at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

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02 Common Converstion Factors

1. This document provides common conversion factors for length, mass, volume, force, pressure, heat, energy, work, thermal conductivity, viscosity, specific heat, heat flux and flow, enthalpy, and temperature. 2. It includes conversions between metric, English, and other units such as inches, centimeters, meters, grams, pounds, liters, gallons, newtons, pounds-force, calories, joules, BTUs, and others. 3. The conversions were prepared by Engineer Peniel Jean A. Gildo of the Chemical Engineering Department at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

College of Engineering and Technology


Chemical Engineering Department

CHE 0212 – Chemical Engineering Calculations


Common Conversion Factors
Length Mass
1 in = 2.540 cm = 25.4 mm 1 lbm = 453.59 g = 0.45359 kg
100 cm = 1 m = 1000 mm 1 kg = 1000 g = 2.2046 lbm
1 micron = 10 m = 1 m
-6 1 ton (British) = 1016 kg
-10 1 ton (U.S.) = 907.2 kg
1 Å = 10 m
1 mile = 5280 ft = 1.609 km 1 ton (short) = 2000 lbm
1 m = 3.2808 ft = 39.37 in 1 ton (long) = 2240 lbm 1 ton (metric) = 1000 kg

Volume Force
1 liter = 1000 cm3 = 0.001 m3 1 g cm/s2 (dyne) = 10-5 kg m/s2 (Newton)
1 in3 = 16.387 cm3 1 g cm/s2 = 7.2330  10-5 lbmft/s2
1 ft3 = 28.317 L 1 g cm/s2 = 2.2481 x 10-6 lbf
1 US gal = 4 qt = 3.7854 liters 1 lbf = 4.4482 N
1 ft3 = 0.028317 m3 1 kgf = 9.80665 N
1 ft3 = 7.481 US gal
1 British gal = 1.20094 US gal Power
1 m3 = 264.17 US gal 1 hp = 0.74570 kW
1 hp = 550 ftlbf/s
Pressure 1 hp = 0.7068 BTU/s
1 bar = 1  105 Pa = 1  105 N/m2 1 BTU/hr = 0.29307 W
1 atm = 101,325 N/m2 = 101,325 Pa 1 W = 14.34 cal/min
1 atm = 14.696 psia = 14.696 lbf/in2 1 kW = 1.34 hp
1 atm = 760 mm Hg (0C)
1 atm = 33.90 ft H2O (4C) Heat, Energy, Work
1 psia = 6.89476  104 g/cms2 1 J = 1 Nm = 1 kgm2/s2
1 psia = 6.89476  103 N/m2 1 kgm2/s2 = 107 gcm2/s2 (erg)
1 dyn/cm2 = 2.0886  10-3 lbf/ft2 1 BTU = 1,055.06 J
1 lbf/ft2 = 4.7880  102 dyn/cm2 = 47.880 N/m2 1 BTU= 252.16 cal (thermochemical)
1 cal (thermochemical) = 4.1840 J
Thermal Conductivity 1 cal (IT) = 4.1868 J
1 Btu/hr ft oF = 1.73073 W/m K 1 BTU = 778.17 ftlbf
1 hph = 0.7457 kWh
Viscosity 1 hph = 2,544.5 BTU
1 cP = 10-2 g/cms (Poise) 1 ftlbf = 1.35582 J
1 cP = 6.7197 x 10-4 lbm/ft s
1 cP = 10-3 Pas = 10-3 kg/ms Specific Heat
1 BTU/lbmoF = 4.1868 kJ/kgK
Heat Flux and Heat Flow 1 BTU/lbmoF = 1.000 cal/goC
1 Btu/hrft2 = 3.1546 W/m2 1 cal (IT)/goC = 4.1868 kJ/kg K
1 Btu/hr = 0.29307 W
Temperature
Enthalpy 1 K = 1.8 R
1 Btu/lbm = 2326.0 J/kg T (C) = T (K)
1 ftlbf/lbm = 2.9890 J/kg T (F) = T (R)

Prepared by:
Engr. Peniel Jean A. Gildo
Chemical Engineering Department
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

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