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Property To convert from the CUSTOMARY UNIT multiply by RECOMMENDED FORM
Area square inches [in2] 6.4516 square centimetres [cm2]
square feet [ft2] 0.092903 square meters [m2]
Density pounds per cubic foot [lb/ft3] 16.01846 kilograms per cubic meter [kg/m3]
grams per cubic centimetre [g/cm3] 1000 kilograms per cubic meter [kg/m3]
Energy foot pounds-force [ft-lbf] 1.35582 joules [J]
meter kilograms-force [m-kgf] 9.80665 joules [J]
british thermal units, Int. [Btu] 1.05506 kilojoules [kJ]
horsepower hours [hp-h] 2.68452 megajoules [MJ]
kilowatt hours [kW-h or kWh] 3.6 megajoules [MJ]
meter newtons [m-N] 1 joules [J]
Force pounds-force [lbf] 4.44822 newtons [N]
kilograms-force [kgf] 9.80665 newtons [N]
Force per unit length grams-force per millimetre [gf/mm] 9.80665 newtons per meter [N/m]
pounds-force per inch [lbf/in] 0.1751268 kilonewtons per meter [kN/m]
Length angstroms [Ă] 0.1 nanometers [nm]
microns 1 micrometers [µm]
mils [mil or 0.001 in] 0.0254 millimetres [mm]
inches [in] 25.4 millimetres [mm]
feet [ft] 0.3048 meters [m]
miles [mi] 1.609 kilometres [km]
Mass ounces [oz] 28.3495 grams [g]
pounds [lb] 0.453592 kilograms [kg]
tons (= 2000 lb) 0.907185 metric tons (tonne) [t] (=1000 kg)
Mass per unit area pounds per ream, 17 x 22 Ð 500 3.7597 grams per square meter [g/m2]
pounds per ream, 25 x 38 Ð 500 1.4801 grams per square meter [g/m2]
pounds per ream, 25 x 40 Ð 500 1.4061 grams per square meter [g/m2]
pounds per 1000 square feet [lb/1000 ft2] 4.8824 grams per square meter [g/m2]
pounds per 3000 square feet [lb/3000 ft2] 1.6275 grams per square meter [g/m2]
pounds per ream, 24 x 36 - 500 1.6275 grams per square meter [g/m2]
Mass per unit length milligrams per 100 meters [mg/100m] 10 micrograms per meter [µg/m]
milligrams per 100 meters [mg/100m] 0.01 milligrams per meter [mg/m]
Power foot pounds-force per second [ft-lbf/s] 1.35582 watts [W]
horsepower [hp] = 550 foot pounds-force per second 745.7 watts [W]
horsepower [hp] 0.7457 kilowatts [kW]
Pressure, stress, force per unit area pounds-force per square inch [lbf/in2 or psi] 6.89477 kilopascals [kPa]
pounds-force per square foot [lbf/ft2] 47.8803 pascals [Pa]
inches of water (60¡F) [in H2O] 0.24884 kilopascals [kPa]
inches of mercury (60¡F) [in Hg] 3.37685 kilopascals [kPa]
millimetres of mercury (0¼C) [mm Hg] 0.133322 kilopascals [kPa]
atmospheres [atm] 0.101325 megapascals [Mpa]
newtons per square meter [N/m2] 1 pascals [Pa]
bars [bar] 100 kilopascals [kPa]
Speed feet per second [ft/s] 0.3048 meters per second [m/s]

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