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    This document provides preferred units and conversion factors for various quantities in both English and metric systems. It lists preferred units for power, energy, mass, length, velocity, temperature, and pressure. It also decomposes common units like the newton and joule into their base SI units. Finally, it provides conversion factors between common units for quantities such as power, energy, mass, length, velocity, temperature, and pressure.

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    This document provides preferred units and conversion factors for various quantities in both English and metric systems. It lists preferred units for power, energy, mass, length, velocity, temperature, and pressure. It also decomposes common units like the newton and joule into their base SI units. Finally, it provides conversion factors between common units for quantities such as power, energy, mass, length, velocity, temperature, and pressure.

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    Conversion Factors

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    This document provides preferred units and conversion factors for various quantities in both English and metric systems. It lists preferred units for power, energy, mass, length, velocity, temperature, and pressure. It also decomposes common units like the newton and joule into their base SI units. Finally, it provides conversion factors between common units for quantities such as power, energy, mass, length, velocity, temperature, and pressure.

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    000 Preferred Units & Conversion Factors


    PREFERRED UNITS Quantity
    Power Energy Mass Length Velocity Temperature Pressure

    English
    hp ft-lbf slug or lbm in or ft or mile ft/s or mph o F psi

    Metric
    W J kg cm or m or km m/s or kph o C Pa

    UNIT DECOMPOSITION Unit


    N psi Pa J W

    Quantifies
    Force Pressure Pressure Energy Power

    Base Units
    kg (m/s2) 2 lbf / in 2 N/m Nm J/s

    CONVERSION FACTORS
    Power 1hp 745.7 W 1.356 J 1 ft lbf 1 kg 2.205 lbm 1 in 2.54 cm 1 mph 1.609 kph 0.01 m 1L
    o o 3

    1 hp s 550 ft lbf 1 Btu 1055 J 14.59 kg 1 slug 1m 3.281 ft 1 m/s 3.281 ft/s 7.481 gallon 1 ft3
    o

    1 Btu/s 1055 W 1 cal 4.1868 J

    Energy

    Mass

    Length

    1 mile 1609 m

    Velocity

    Volume

    35.315 ft 3 m
    o o

    Temp Pressure

    F = 1.8 C + 32 1 atm 1.0131 bar

    K = C + 273.15 1 bar 5 10 Pa

    R = F + 459.67 1 psi 6894.8 Pa

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