CONVERSION FACTORS
Fig. 1-1
Graphic Relationships of SI Units with Names . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-1
SI Base and Supplementary Quantities and Units. . . . . . .
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Table 1-2a Derived Units of SI that Have Special Names. . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-2b Additional Common Derived Units of SI . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-3
SI Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-4
Conversion Factors: U.S. Customary and Commonly
Used Units to SI Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-5
Metric Conversion Factors as Exact Numerical
Multiples of SI Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-6
Alphabetical Listing of Common Conversions . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-7
Common Units and Conversion Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-8
Kinematic-Viscosity Conversion Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-9
Values of the Gas-Law Constant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-10 United States Customary System of Weights
and Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-11 Temperature Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-12 Specific Gravity, Degrees Baumé, Degrees API, Degrees
Twaddell, Pounds per Gallon, Pounds per Cubic Foot . . .
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Table 1-13 Wire and Sheet-Metal Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table 1-14 Fundamental Physical Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CONVERSION OF VALUES FROM U.S. CUSTOMARY
UNITS TO SI UNITS
MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS
Table 1-15 Mathematical Signs, Symbols, and Abbreviations . . . . . . .
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Table 1-16 Greek Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Section 1
Conversion Factors and
Mathematical Symbols*
James O. Maloney, Ph.D., P.E., Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, Univer-
sity of Kansas; Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engi