APPENDIX A3

Conversion Factors and

Multiple Metric Units

CONVERSION FACTORS

From To Factor Reciprocal

mm in 0.0394 25.4
m ft 3.2808 0.3048
m yard 1.0936 0.9144
km mile 0.6214 1.6093
mm 2 in 2 0.00155 645.16
mm 2 circular rail 1973.5 5.0671 x 10 -4

N lbf 0.2248 4.4482

N kgf 0.1020 9.8067
bar N/m 2 105 10-5
bar lbf/in / 14.5 68.9476 10 -3
N/m 2 torr ( m m H g ) 7.501 10 -3 133.32
N/m E lbf/in E 1.450 10 -4 6894.76
kgf/cm 2 lbf/in 2 14.223 0.07031

kg ton 9.8421 x l0 -4 1016.05

kg lb 2.2046 0.4536
t (tonne) lb 2204.6 0.4536 x l0 -3

l (litre) gal ( U K ) 0.2202 4.541

l (litre) gal (US) 0.2642 3.785

MULTIPLE AND SUB-MULTIPLE METRIC UNITS

Multiple Prefix Symbol Sub-multiple Prefix Symbol

1012 tera T I0 -I deci d
109 giga G 10 -z centi c
106 mega M 10-3 milli m
10 3 kilo k 10 -6 micro #
10 ~ hecto h 10 -9 nano n
10 deca da 10 - ~ pico P

803