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Overview
This spreadsheet provides conversions for commonly used engineering units.
The data table and lookup formulae are the same as used in all my engineering spreadsheet tools
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Selection
Selected Type ID 4
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Two param equation? 0
Input unit ID 9
Input unit ID (min applied) 2
Output unit ID 6
Output unit ID (min applied) 2
DETAILS
Andrew Hooks www.firstprincipleseng.net
11/15/2007
Version 1
PREFIXES
Metric
Prefix long form value
m milli 0.001
c centi 0.01
k thousand 1000
M million/mega 1E+06
B billion 1E+09
T tera 1E+12
P peta 1E+15
Imperial
Prefix long form value
M thousand 1000
MM million 1E+06
BASIC CONSTANTS
UNITS
Example
Click the unit cell then select required unit from the dropdown list
that appears
Length 10 in
0.254 m
0.000 mile
Temperature 15 'C
288.15 K
15 'C
Length
Base conversions
inches/foot 12 in/ft
feet/metre 3.281 ft/m
feet/mile 5280 ft/mi
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
mm = 0.001 m
cm = 0.01 m
m = 1 m
km = 1000 m
in = 0.0254 m
ft = 0.3048 m
mile = 1609.3 m
Area_small
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
mm2 = 0.000001 m2
in2 = 0.000645 m2
m2 = 1 m2
ft2 = 0.0929 m2
Area_large
Base conversions
hectare/km2 100 hct/km2 1 hectare is 100m x 100m
ft2/acre 43559.66 ft2/acre
Lookup table
Unit Metric Unit
km2 = 1 km2
mi2 = 0.6214 km2
hectare = 0.01 km2
acre = 0.0040468 km2
Volume
Base conversions
barrels/cubic meter 6.283 bbl/m3
in3/US gallon 231 in3/gallon
Litres/Imperial(UK) gallon 4.54609 L/gallon(UK)
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
mL = 0.000001 m3
cm3 = 0.000001 m3
L = 0.001 m3
m3 = 1 m3
in3 = 1.639E-05 m3
ft3 = 0.0283 m3 (35.31 ft3/m3)
bbl = 0.1592 m3
gallon (US) = 0.00379 m3 (264.2 gallon/m3)
gallon (UK) = 0.00455 m3 (220 gallon/m3)
Mass
Base conversions
pounds/kilogram 2.20462 lbl/kg
pound/ton (short) 2000 lbl/tn
pound/ton (long) 2240 lbl/ton
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
mg = 0.000001 kg
g = 0.001 kg
kg = 1 kg
tonne (metric) = 1000 kg
lbl = 0.454 kg
ton (short) = 907.2 kg
ton (long) = 1016.0 kg
Force
Base conversions
Force = mass * acceleration
Dyn 1.00E-05 N
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
N = 1 N
mN = 0.001 N
kg(f) = 9.80665 N 1kg * gravitational acceleration
lbl(f) = 4.44823 N
Dyn = 0.00001 N
Pressure
Base conversions
Pressure is force per unit area
Pa = N/m2 = kg.(m/s2)/m2 = kg/(m.s2)
kPa/Atmosphere 101.325 kPa(A)/atm(A) Atmospheric pressure at sealevel in
kPa/bar 100 kPa/bar
bara/Atmosphere 1.01325 bara/atm The atmospheric pressure in bar at
barg/Atmosphere 0 barg/atm
psia/Atmosphere 14.696 psia/atm(A) The atmospheric pressure in psi at
psi/bar 14.504 psi/bar
Lookup table
!!! Order is important - multiply first then add the constant !!!
Pressure difference
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
Pa = 0.001 kPa
kPa = 1 kPa
mbar = 0.100 kPa
bar = 100 kPa
psi = 14.504 kPa
atm = 101.325 kPa
kg/cm2 = 98.0665 kPa
mH2O = 9.80665 kPa
Temperature
Base conversions
Constant
Deg Celcius / Kelvin 273.15 oC/K
Fahrenheit 459.67 Rankine
Rankine/Kelvin 1.8 0 R/K
Lookup table
!!! Order is important - multiply first then add the constant !!!
Time_large
Lookup table
Unit "SI Unit"
hour = 0.0417 day
day = 1 day
month = 30.4 day
year = 365.25 day
Mass rate
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
kg/s = 1 kg/s
kg/h = 0.000278 kg/s
t/d = 0.011574 kg/s
t/y = 3.17E-05 kg/s
lbl/s = 0.454 kg/s
lbl/h = 5.25E-06 kg/s
Velocity
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
m/s = 1 m/s
km/h = 0.278 m/s
ft/s = 0.3048 m/s
mi/h = 0.4470 m/s
Acceleration
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
mm/s2 = 0.001 m/s2
m/s2 = 1 m/s2
km/s2 = 1000 m/s2
in/s2 = 0.025 m/s2
ft/s2 = 0.305 m/s2
mi/(h.s) = 0.447 m/s2
mi/s2 = 1609 m/s2
Density
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
g/cm3 = 1.00E-09 kg/m3
kg/m3 = 1 kg/m3
lbl/ft3 = 16.018 kg/m3
Energy
Base conversions
Joules/(kgm2/s2) 1 J/(kgm2/s2)
Joules/Calorie 4.1868 J/Cal
Joules/BTU 1055.056 J/BTU
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
J = 0.001 kJ
kJ = 1 kJ
Cal = 0.0041868 kJ
kCal = 4.1868 kJ
BTU = 1.055056 kJ
Energy rate
Lookup table
Unit "SI unit"
TJ/d = 1 TJ/d
PJ/y = 1000 TJ/d
Power
Base conversions
(BTU/h) / kW 3412.1 (BTU/h)/kW
Lookup table
Unit SI unit
W = 0.001 kW
kW = 1 kW
MW = 1000 kW
Hp = 0.746 kW
BTU/h = 0.00029 kW
Heat capacity
Lookup table
Unit "SI unit"
J/K = 1 J/K
BTU/'F = 1899 J/K
cal/'C = 4.187 J/K
Thermal conductivity
Lookup table
Unit "SI unit"
W/(m.K) = 1 W/(m.K)
BTU/(h.ft'F) = 1.731 W/(m.K)
BTU.in/(h.ft2'F) = 0.144 W/(m.K)
cal/(sm'C) = 4.187 W/(m.K)
Lookup table
Unit "SI unit"
cP = 0.001 Pa.s
Poise = 0.1 Pa.s
Pa.s = 1 Pa.s
Lookup table
Unit "SI unit"
m2/s = 1 m2/s
St = 0.0001 m2/s
cSt = 0.000001 m2/s
Surface tension
Lookup table
Unit "SI unit"
T = 1 N/m
N/m = 1 N/m
mN/m = 0.001 N/m
lbl(f)/in = 175.13 N/m
dyn/cm = 0.001 N/m
73.15K = 0'C = 32'F; 101.325kPa = 1atm = 14.696psia)
88.15K = 15'C = 59'F)
88.71K = 60'F = 15.56'C)
00.232kPa = 14.73psia)
hectare is 100m x 100m
64.2 gallon/m3)
20 gallon/m3)
g * gravitational acceleration
mospheric pressure at sealevel in kPa
onverting to psia first would give the same result, ie.the following are equivalent:
psig + (14.5*1.013=14.7)] psia * (1kPa / 14.5psi) = kPa(A)