TABLE OF CONVERSION FACTORS BETWEEN IMPERIAL AND SI UNITS

Quantity Imperial to SI SI to Imperial

Length 1 ft = 0.304 8 m 1m = 3.280 8 ft

1 yd = 0.914 4 m = 1.093 6 yd
1 in = 0.025 4 m = 39.370 1 in

Area 1 ft2 = 0.092 9 m2 1 m2 = 10.763 9 ft2

1 in2 = 0.000 645 m2 = 1550.003 in2

Acceleration 1 ft/s2 = 0.304 8 m/s2 1 m/s2 = 3.280 8 ft/s2

Force 1 lbf = 4.448 2 N 1N =0.2248 lbf

1 imp.ton f = 9964.02 N

Velocity 1 ft/s = 0.304 8 m/s 1 m/s = 3.2808 ft/s

1 ft/min = 0.005 08 m/s = 196.85 ft/min

Volume 1 ft3 = 0.028 32 m3 1 m3 = 35.315 ft3

1 yd3 = 0.764 56 m3 = 1.308 yd3

1 imp. gal = 4.545 litre 1 litre = 0.2200 imp. gal
1 U.S. gal = 3.785 litre (0.001 m3) = 0.2642 U.S. gal

Volume Flow 1 ft3/s = 0.028 32 m3/s 1 m3/s = 35.315 ft3/s

1 ft3/min = 0.000 472 m3/s = 2118.9 ft3/min
1 imp gal/h = 0.004 55 m3/h 1 m3/h = 220.0 imp. gal/h
1 imp gal/min = 0.004 55 m3/min 1 m3/min = 220.0 imp. gal/min
= 4.545 litre/min 1 litre/min = 0.220 imp. gal/min
= 0.075 75 litre/s 1 litre/s = 13.20 imp. gal/min
1 U.S. = 15.84 U.S. gal/min
gal/min = 0.06313 litre/s

Mass 1 lb = 0.453 592 kg 1 kg = 2.204 62 lb

1 imp. ton = 1.016 05 t 1 t = 1000 kg = 0.984 20 imp. ton
(2240 lb)
1 short ton = 0.907 18 t = 1.1023 short ton
(2000 lb)

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Quantity Imperial to SI SI to Imperial

Pressure, 1 lbf/ft2 = 47.880 N/m2 = 1 N/m2 = Pa = 0.020 88 lbf/ft2

stress Pa
1 lbf/in2 = 6894.76 N/m2 0.000 145 lbf/in2
1 in w.g. = 249.089 N/m2 = 0.004 015 in w.g.
1 ft w.g. = 2989.07 N/m2 = 0.000 3346 ft w.g.
1 mm w.g. = 9.807 N/m2 = 0.101 97 mm w.g.
1 in Hg = 3386.39 N/m2 = 0.000 2953 in Hg
1 mm Hg = 133.32 N/m2 = 0.007 501 mm Hg
= 1.333 2 mb = 0.01 mb

Note: The millibar (1 mb = 100 N/m2) is included here as it is a familiar metric

unit of pressure. It is not, however, an SI unit.

Airway 1 Atk = 0.059 71 Ns2/m 1 Ns2/m8 = 16.747 Atk

resistance 8
1 PU = 1.118 3 N = 0.894 2 PU
s2/m8

Airway 1 in w.g. = 22.366 Ns2/m = 0.044 7 in w.g.

specific per 10 000 8 per 10 000
resistance ft3 /min ft3/min

Friction 1 lbf min2/ft4 = 1.8554 x l06 kg/m3 1 kg/m3 = 539.0 x 10- lbf min2/ft4
Factor 9

Density 1 lb/ft3 = 16.018 5 kg/m3 1 kg/m3 = 0.062 43 lb/ft3

1 imp. = 1328.94 kg/m3 = 0.000 753 imp. ton/yd3
ton/yd3
1 short = 1186.55 kg/m3 = 0.000843 short ton/yd3
ton/yd3

Energy, 1 ft lbf = 1.355 82 J 1J = 0.737 56 ft/lbf

work, heat
1Btu = 1055.06 J = 0.000 948 Btu
1 cal = 4.186 8 J = 0.238 89 cal
1 therm = 105.506 MJ = 0.009 478 μtherm
1 kWh = 3.6 MJ = 0.000 278 Wh

Power 1 hp = 745.700 W 1W = 0.001 341 hp

Heatflow 1 ft lbf/min = 0.0226 W 1W = 44.254 ft lbf/min

1 Btu/min = 17.584 W = 0.056 87 Btu/min
1 RT = 3517 W = 0.000 2843 RT
Refrigeration
(imp.) ton

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Quantity Imperial to SI SI to Imperial

Specific 1 ft lbf/lb = 2.989 J/kg 1 J/kg = 0.3345 ft lbf/lb

energy

Calorific 1 Btu/lb = 2326 J/kg 1 J/kg = 0.000 430 Btu/lb

value
1 therm/imp. = 0.103 8 MJ/kg = 9.634 μtherm/imp
ton . ton
1 therm/short = 0.116 3 MJ/kg = 8.602 μtherm/sho
ton rt ton

Gas 1 ft lbf/lb °R = 5.380 3 J/kg K 1 J/kg K = 0.185 9 ft lbf/lb °R

constants

Specific heat 1 Btu/lb °R = 4186.8 J/kg K 1 J/kg K = 0.000 2388 Btu/lb °R

Specific
entropy

Specific 1 ft3 /lb = 0.062 43 m3 /kg 1 m3 /kg = 16.018 ft3 /lb

volume
1 ft3 /imp. ton = 0.027 87 m3 /t = 35.881 ft3 /imp.
ton
1 ft3 /short ton = 0.031 21 m3 /t = 32.037 ft3 /short
ton
Note: 1 metric tonne (t) = 1 000 kg

Dynamic 1 lb/ft s = 1.488 16 Ns/m2 1 Ns/m2 = 0.671 97 lb/ft s

viscosity
1 poise = 0.1 Ns/m2 = 10 poise

Kinematic 1 ft2/s = 0.092 903 m2/s 1 m2/s = 10.763 9 ft2/s

viscosity
1 stokes = 0.000 1 m2/s = 10 000 stokes

Permeability 1 Darcy = 0.98693x10- m2 = 1.01324-12 Darcy

l2
1 md = 0.98693x10- m2 = 1.01324-15 md
l5

Thermal 1 Btu ft/ft2 h = 1.730 73 W/m K 1 W/mK = 0.577 79 Btu ft/ft2 h ºR

conductivity ºR

Thermal 1 ft2/s = 0.092 303 m2/s 1 m2/s = 10.764 ft2/s

diffusivity
1 ft2/h = 2.5806x10-5 m2/s 1 m2/s = 38 750 ft2/h

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Quantity Imperial to SI SI to Imperial

Thermal 1 ºF/ft = 1.822 7 ºC/m 1 ºC/m = 0.548 6 ºF/ft

gradient

Moisture 1 lb/lb =1 kg/kg 1 kg/kg =1 lb/lb

content
1 gr/lb = 0.000 1429 kg/kg = 7000 gr/lb
Radiation 1 rad = 0.01 Gray 1 Gray = 100 rad
1 Curie = 37 x 109 Bq 1 Bq = 27 x 10-12 Curie
1 rem = 0.01 Sv 1 Sv = 100 rem
1 Roentgen = 2.58 x 10-4 C/kg 1 C/kg = 3876 Roentgen

Notes: 1 Gray = 1 J/kg 1 Becqueral =1 disintegration/s

(Bq)
1 Sievert (Sv) = 1 J/kg 1 Coulomb (C) = 1 amp.s

Temperature K = ºC + 273.15
ºR = ºF + 459.67

For differential temperatures, 1 Centigrade degree = 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees.

For actual temperature, 1.8 x t(ºC) + 32 = ºF

and t(ºF) - 32 = ºC
1.8

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