Item
USCS Units
SI Units
USCS to SI Conversion
SI to USCS Conversion
Mass
slug (slug)
1 US ton = 2000 lb
1 long ton = 2240 lb
pound (lb)
inch (in)
1 foot (ft) = 12 in
1 mile (mi) = 5280 ft
square foot (ft2)
1 acre = 43,560 ft2
cubic inch (in3)
cubic foot (ft3)
1 US gallon (gal) = 231 in3
1 barrel (bbl) = 42 gal
1 ft3 = 7.4805 gal
1 bbl = 5.6146 ft3
slug per cubic foot (slug/ft3)
pound per cubic foot (lb/ft3)
kilogram (kg)
metric ton (t) = 1000 kg
1 slug = 14.594 kg
1 US ton = 0.9072 t
1 long ton = 1.016 t
1 lb = 4.4482 N
1 in = 25.4 mm
1 ft = 0.3048 m
1 mi = 1.609 km
1 ft2 = 0.0929 m2
1 acre = 0.4047 ha
1 in3 = 16387.0 mm3
1 ft3 = 0.02832 m3
1 gal = 3.785 L
1 bbl = 158.97 L = 0.15897 m3
1 kg = 0.0685 slug
1 t = 1.1023 US ton
1 t = 0.9842 long ton
1 kg = 2.205 lb
1 mm = 0.0394 in
1 m = 3.2808 ft
1 km = 0.6214 mi
1 m2 = 10.764 ft2
1 ha = 2.4711 acre
1 mm3 = 6.1 105 in3
1 m3 = 35.3134 ft3
1 L = 0.2642 gal
1 m3 = 6.2905 bbl
1 slug/ft3 = 515.38 kg/m3
1 lb/ft3 = 157.09 N/m3
1 kg/m3 = 0.0019 slug/ft3
1 N/m3 = 0.0064 lb/ft3
1 lb s/ft2 = 47.88 N s/m2
1 lb s/ft2 = 478.8 Poise
1 cP = 6.7197 104 lb/ft s
1 N s/m2 = 0.0209 lb s/ft2
1 Poise = 0.00209 lb s/ft2
Weight
Length
Area
Volume
Density
Specific
weight
Viscosity
(dynamic)
Viscosity
(kinematic)
Flow rate
Force
slug/ft s
lb s/ft2
ft2/s
SSU*, SSF*
cubic foot/second (ft3/s)
gallon/minute (gal/min)
barrel/hour (bbl/h), bbl/day
pound (lb)
Newton (N)
millimeter (mm)
1 meter (m) = 1000 mm
1 kilometer (km) = 1000 m
square meter (m2)
1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m2
cubic millimeter (mm3)
1 liter (L) = 1000 cm3 (cc)
1 cubic meter (m3) = 1000 L
kilogram/cubic meter (kg/m3)
Newton per cubic meter (N/m3)
1 poise (P) = 0.1 Pa s
1 centipoise (cP) = 0.01 P
1 poise = 1 dyne s/cm2
1 poise = 0.1 N s/m2
m2/s
stoke (S), centistoke (cSt)
liter/minute (L/min)
cubic meter/hour (m3/h)
Newton (N) = kg m/s2
1 ft2/s = 0.092903 m2/s
1 gal/min = 3.785 L/min
1 bbl/h = 0.159 m3/h
1 m2/s = 10.7639 ft2/s
1 cSt = 1.076 105 ft2/s
1 L/min = 0.2642 gal/min
1 m3/h = 6.2905 bbl/h
1 lb = 4.4482 N
1 N = 0.2248 lb
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Appendix 1
UNITS AND CONVERSIONS
Pressure
Velocity
USCS Units
pound/square inch, lb/in2 (psi)
1 lb/ft2 = 144 psi
foot/second (ft/s)
mile/hour (mi/h) = 1.4667 ft/s
Work and energy foot-pound (ft lb)
British Thermal Unit (Btu)
1 Btu = 778 ft lb
Power
ft lb/min
Btu/h
Horsepower (HP)
1 HP = 33,000 ft lb/min
Temperature
degree Fahrenheit (F)
1 degree Rankin (R) = F + 460
Thermal
Btu/h/ft/F
conductivity
Heat transfer
Btu/h/ft2/F
coefficient
Specific heat
Btu/lb/F
USCS to SI Conversion
SI to USCS Conversion
1 psi = 6.895 kPa
1 kPa = 0.145 psi
1 psi = 0.069 bar
1 psi = 0.0703 kg/cm2
1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s
1 Bar = 14.5 psi
1 kg/cm2 = 14.22 psi
1 m/s = 3.281 ft/s
joule (J) = N m
1 Btu = 1055.0 J
1 kJ = 0.9478 Btu
joule/second (J/s)
watt (W) = J/s
1 kilowatt (kW) = 1000 W
1 Btu/h = 0.2931 W
1 W = 3.4121 Btu/h
1 HP = 0.746 kW
1 kW = 1.3405 HP
degree Celsius (C)
1 Kelvin (K) = C + 273
W/m/C
1F = 9/5C + 32
1R = 1.8 K
1 Btu/h/ft /F = 1.7307 W/m/C
1C = (F 32)/1.8
1 K = R/1.8
1 W/m/C = 0.5778 Btu/h/ft /F
W/m2/C
1 Btu/h/ft2/F = 5.6781 W/m2/C
1 W/m2/C = 0.1761 Btu/h/ft2/F
kJ/kg/C
1 Btu/lb/F = 4.1869 kJ/kg/C
1 kJ/kg/C = 0.2388 Btu/lb/F
SI Units
pascal (Pa) = N/m2
1 kilopascal (kPa) = 1000 Pa
1 megapascal (MPa) = 1000 kPa
1 bar = 100 kPa
kilogram/sq. centimeter (kg/cm2)
meter/second (m/s)
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Item
Kinematic viscosity in SSU and SSF are converted to viscosity in cSt using the following formulas:
Centistokes = 0:226 SSU 195/SSU for 32 SSU 100
(A 1.1)
(A 1.2)
(A 1.3)
Centistokes = 2:16 SSF 60/SSF for SSF > 40
(A 1.4)
Appendix 1
Centistokes = 0:220 SSU 135/SSU for SSU > 100
Centistokes = 2:24 SSF 184/SSF for 25 SSF 40
