Basic Units and Conversions

Compiled By Raghavendra M.

BASICS
1. FUNDAMENTAL UNITS:
LENGTH METRE (m) MASS KILOGRAMS (kg) TIME SECONDS(s)

TIME
1 day = 86400 seconds. 1 day = 1440 minutes.

ANGLE
1 radian = 57.2958 degrees.

ELECTRICAL CURRENT STRENGTH AMPERE (A)

2. DERIVED UNITS:
FORCE MLT-2. LINEAR MOMENTUM MLT-2. ANGULAR MOMENTUM ML2 T-1. WORK \ ENERGY =TORQUE ML2 T-2. POWER ML2 T-3. SURFACE TENSION MT-2. VISCOSITY KINEMATIC M2 T-1. - DYNAMIC ML-1 T-1. DISCHARGE M3 T-1. SPECIFIC WEIGHT ML-2 T-2. SURFACE TENSION MT-2.

AREA
1 acre = 4046.8726 square meters. 1 hectare = 10000 square meters.

VOLUME
1 litre = 1000 CC. 1 cup = 0.2366 litres. 1 gallon = 3.7854 litres. 1 ounce = 0.02957 litres. 1 quart = 0.9464 litres. 1 pint = 0.5 quart. 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoon. 1 barrel = 115.6271 litres. 1 bushel = 35.2391 litres.

3. CONVERTIONS: MASS
1 carat = 0.2 gram. 1 grain = 0.0648 gram. 1 ounce = 28.3495 grams. 1 pound = 453.5924 grams. 1 stone = 6350.2932 grams.

VELOCITY
1 km/h = 0.2778 m/s. 1 knot = 0.5144 m/s. 1 mach = 331.46 m/s.

POWER
1 cal/s = 0.00561 HP. 1 cal/s = 0.00418 kW. 1 HP = 0.7456 kW.

LENGTH
1 foot = 0.3048 meters. 1 furlong = 201.168 meters. 1 hectometre = 100 meters. 1 yard = 0.9144 meters 1 light year = 9.4605e+012 kilometres. 1 nautical mile = 1.852 kilometres. 1 mile = 1.6093 kilometres.
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PRESSURE
1 atm = 1.01325 bars. 1 atm = 76 cms of Hg. 1 atm = 10332.2745 kg/m2. 1 bar = 100000 Pascal. 1 bar = 1000000 dynes/cm2. 1 torr =133.3224 Pascal.
Created by RAGHAVENDRA M