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Basic Unit Conversion Tables

This document provides conversion tables between common units of measurement in the US customary system (FPS) and metric system. It includes conversions for length, area, volume and capacity, mass, density, pressure and stress, and force. The tables list the conversion factors to convert between units like inches and centimeters, pounds and kilograms, pounds per square inch and kilogram-force per square meter.

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Basic Unit Conversion Tables

This document provides conversion tables between common units of measurement in the US customary system (FPS) and metric system. It includes conversions for length, area, volume and capacity, mass, density, pressure and stress, and force. The tables list the conversion factors to convert between units like inches and centimeters, pounds and kilograms, pounds per square inch and kilogram-force per square meter.

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Basic Unit Conversion Tables

1. Length
FPS TO METRIC METRIC TO FPS
1 in 2.54 cm 1 cm 0.393701 in
1 ft 0.3048 m 1m 3.28084 ft
0.621371
1 mile 1.609344 km 1 km
mile

2. Area
FPS TO METRIC METRIC TO FPS
1 in2 6.4516 cm2 1 cm2 0.155 in2
0.0929030
1 ft2 1 m2 10.7639 ft2
m2
0.386102 sq
1 sq mile 2.58999 km2 1 km2
mile
3. Volume & Capacity
FPS TO METRIC METRIC TO FPS
1 in3 16.3871 cm3 1 cm3 0.0610237 in3
0.0283168
1 ft3 1 m3 35.3147 ft3
m3
0.264172 US
1 US gallon 3.78541 litres 1 litre
gallon

4. Mass
FPS TO METRIC METRIC TO FPS
1 lb 0.453592 kg 1 kg 2.20462 lb
1.01605
1 ton tonne 1 tonne 0.984207 ton
(metric)
5. Density or Mass per Unit Volume
FPS TO METRIC METRIC TO FPS
lb or lbm is same. It represents the
27.6799 1 gm/cm3 (=1 0.0361273
1 lb/in3 mass of the substance
gm/cm3 kg/m3) lb/in3
16.0185 62.4280
1 lb/ft3 1 gm/cm3
kg/m3 lb/ft3

lbf is defined as force that acts on mass of 1


lbm, produces an acceleration of 32.2 ft/s2
6. Pressure or Stress (acceleration due to gravity)
FPS TO METRIC METRIC TO FPS
Kg f is a force that acts on mass of 1 kg ,
4.88243 47.880259 produces an acceleration of 9.8m/s2
1 lbf/ft2 1 kgf/m2 9.8 N/m2 0.204816 lb/ft2
kgf/m2 N/m2 (acceleration due to gravity)
0.689476 9.8
0.070307 1 Newton is a force that acts on mass of 1 kg ,
1 lbf/in2 N/cm2 N/cm2 14.2233 lb/in2
0 kgf/cm2 kgf/cm2 produces an acceleration of 1 m/s2
7. Force
Units of force: lbf, lbm ft/s2, kgf, kgm/s2 (Newton)
Newton is the most common terminology used for describing force
0.224809 lbf 0.006982 lbm
1 Newton kg f/ 9.8
ft/s2

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