METRICS
ENGLISH/METRIC CONVERSION
DESCRIPTION MULTIPLY BY FOR METRIC EQUIVALENT
Acceleration ft/s 2 0.3048 m/s 2
in/s 2 0.0254 m/s 2
Torque lb-in 0.11298 N.m
lb-ft 1.3558 N.m
Power horsepower 0.746 kW Pressure or Stress inches of water 0.2491 kPa
psi 6.895 kPa psi 0.069 bar
Energy or Work BTU 1055.0 Joules(J)
lb-ft 1.3558 Joules(J) kiloWatt-hour 3,600,000 Joules(J)
or 3.6 x 10 6
Light foot candle 10.764 lumens/square meter (lm/m 2 ) Fuel Performance miles/gal 0.4251 kilometers/liter (km/L)
gal/mile 2.3527 liters/kilometer (L/km)
Velocity mph 1.6093 kilometers/hour (km/h) Length inch 25.4 mm
foot 0.3048 m yard 0.9144 m mile 1.609 km
Area square inch (in 2 ) 645.2 mm 2
6.45 cm 2
square ft (ft 2 ) 0.0929 m 2 square yard 0.8361 m 2
Volume cubic inch (in 3 ) 16387.0 mm 3
16.387 cm 3
0.0164 liters (L)
quart 0.9464 liters (L) gallon 3.7854 liters(L) cubic yard 0.7646 m 3
Mass pound 0.4536 kg
ton 907.18 kg ton 0.9078 tonne (t)
Force kilogram 9.807 N
ounce 0.2780 N pound 4.448 N
Temperature degree Farenheit (˚F) (˚F-32) 0.556 degree Celsius (˚C)
Revision 1, 8/10/2000
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