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Krishnanagar, Nirmali-6
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Some important conversion factors
Length:
1. 1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm = 3.28 ft = 39.27 in = 1.0936 yd
2. 1 km = 0.6215 mi (mile)
3. 1 mi = 1609 m
4. 1 n mi (nautical mile) = 1852 m
5. 1 in = 2.54 cm
6. 1 ft = 12 in = 30.48 cm
7. 1 yd = 3 ft = 91.44 cm
8. 1 μm (micron) = 10-6 m
9. 1 angstrom = 10-10 m = 0.1 nm
10. 1 fermi = 1 femtometer = 10-15 m
11. 1 bohr radius = 0.529 angstrom
12. 1 AU (Astronomical unit) = 1.49 × 1011 m (Average distance between sun and earth)
13. 1 ly (light year) = 9.461 × 1015 m (Distance traveled by light in vacuum in one year)
14. 1 parsec or parallactic second = 3.08 × 1016 m = 3.26 ly
Mass:
1. 1 kg = 1000 g = 2.2 lb (pound)
2. 1 quintal = 100 kg
3. 1 ton = 907.2 kg
4. 1 metric ton = 1000 kg = 106 g
5. 1 lb = 454 g
6. 1 slug = 14.59 kg
7. 1 ounce = 28.35 g
8. 1 u or 1 amu (atomic mass unit) = 1.606 × 10-27 kg = 931.5 MeV/c2
9. 1 Chandra Shekhar Limit = 1.4 solar mass
Time:
1. 1 h = 60 min = 3600 s
2. 1 d = 24 h = 1440 min = 8.64 × 104 s
3. 1 y = 365.24 d = 3.156 × 107 s
4. 1 shake = 10-8 s
5. 1 plank time (pt) = 10-43 s
Area:
1. 1 barn = 10-28 m2 (for measuring cross-sectional areas in sub-atomic particle collisions)
2. 1 acres = 43,560 ft2 = 4,047 m2 = 0.4047 hectare
3. 1 km2 = 0.386 mi2 = 247 acres
4. 1 hectare = 104 m2 = 2.47 acres
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Volume:
1. 1 m3 = 106 cm3 = 106 cc = 103 L = 35.31 ft3
2. 1 gal (gallon) = 3.786 L (in U.S.A) or 4.54 L (in U.K)
3. 1 Barrel = 117.35 L
Force:
1. 1 N = 105 dyne = 7.23 poundal
2. 1 kg-wt = 1 kg-f = 9.8 N
3. 1 g-wt = 1 g-f = 980 dyne
4. 1 lb-wt = 32 poundal
Speed:
1. 1 km h-1 = 5/18 or 0.2778 m s-1 = 0.6215 mi h-1
2. 1 mi h-1 = 0.4470 m s-1 = 1.609 km h-1 = 1.467 ft s-1
3. 1 m s-1 = 18/5 or 3.6 km h-1 = 2.24 mi h-1
Pressure:
1. 1 Pa (pascal) = 1 N m-2 = 10 dyne cm-2
2. 1 bar = 105 Pa = 106 dyne cm-2
3. 1 atm = 1.01325 bar = 1.01 × 105 Pa = 760 mm of Mercury(Hg) = 1.01 × 106 dyne cm-2
4. 1 torr = 1 mm of Hg column = 153.32 Pa
Work and Energy:
1. 1 joule (J) = 107 erg = 0.239 calorie (cal)
2. 1 electron volt (eV) = 1.6 × 10-19 J
3. 1 kW h = 3.6 MJ = 860 k cal
4. 1 amu = 1.492 × 10-10 J = 931 MeV
5. 1 Btu (British thermal unit) = 1055 J
Power:
1. 1 hp (horse power) = 745.7 W ≈ 746 W (watt)
2. 1 cal s-1 = 4.186 W
Temperature:
1. K (Kelvin) = [0C + 2730] = [0F + 459.67] / 1.8 = 0R / 1.8
2. 0F = (0C × 9/5) + 32
3. 0R (rankine) = 0F + 459.67
Others:
1. 1 C (coulomb) = 3× 109 stat coulomb = 0.1 ab coulomb (for electric charge)
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2. 1 esu = 1 stat coulomb = 3.33 × 10 coulomb (for electric charge)
3. 1 emu = 1 ab coulomb = 10 coulomb (for electric charge)
4. 1 A-h = 3600 C (for electric charge)
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5. 1 A (ampere) = 3 × 10 stat ampere (esu of current) = 0.1 ab ampere (emu of current)
6. 1 Bq (becquerel) = 1 dps (disintegration per second) nn (for radioactivity)
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7. 1 Rd (rutherford) = 10 Bq (for radioactivity)
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8. 1 Ci (curie) = 3.7 × 10 Bq = 3.7 × 10 Rd (for radioactivity)
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9. 1 weber = 10 maxwell (for Magnetic flux)
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10. 1 T (tesla) = 1 weber m = 10 G (gauss) (for Magnetic flux density)
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11. 1 orested = 79.554 A m (for Intensity of Magnetic field)
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12. 1 poiseuille (N-s/m or Pa-s) = 10 poise (Dyne-s/cm ) (for viscosity)
