02 Common Converstion Factors

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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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