Converting Basic SI Units
Metric Engineering Units
Studying, or working, in an engineering discipline, you very quickly become familiar with the standard units of measurement, the prefixes used
and engineering notation.
How to use this quickie
Basic Units
| Length | meter (m), inch (in), foot (ft), yard (yd), mile (mi), link (li), rod (rd), chain (ch), angstrom, mil |
| Surface | m2, sqin, sqft, sqyd, sqmi, sqrd, sqch, sqmil |
| Volume | m3, litre (l, L, lt, liter), cc, cuin, cuft, cuyd, teaspoon, tablespoon |
| Liquid volume | minim (min), fluiddram (fldr), fluidounce (floz), gill (gi), cup (cp), pint (pt), quart (qt), gallon (gal), beerbarrel (bbl), oilbarrel (obl), hogshead, drop (gtt) |
| Angles | rad, deg, grad, cycle |
| Time | second (s), seconds, minute (minutes), hour (h, hours), day (days) |
| Mass | gram(g), tonne, ton, grain (gr), dram(dr), ounce (oz), poundmass (lbm, lb, lbs), hundredweight (cwt), stick, stone |
| Electric current | ampere (A) |
| Temperature | kelvin (K), celsius (degC), fahrenheit (degF), rankine (degR) |
| Amount of substance | mole (mol) |
| Luminous intensity | candela (cd) |
| Force | newton (N), dyne (dyn), poundforce (lbf) |
| Energy | joule (J), erg, Wh, BTU, electronvolt (eV) |
| Power | watt (W), hp |
| Pressure | Pa, psi, atm |
| Electricity and magnetism | ampere (A), coulomb (C), watt (W), volt (V), ohm, farad (F), weber (Wb), tesla (T), henry (H), siemens (S), electronvolt (eV) |
| Binary | bit (b), byte (B) |
Conversion Examples
Conversion of basic units from one to another
- 100 meter to cm or 100 meter in cm
- 1 teaspoon to tablespoon
Conversion of combination of length to another
Velocity
- m/s to km/h ,
- 8 km/h in m/s
- cm/s in m/s
Acceleration
- m/s^2 to cm/s^2 ,
- 10 km/h in m/s
- cm/s^2 in m/s^2
Density
- kg/m^3 to g/m^3
- 1.5 kg/m^3 to g/m^3
Volume
- m^3 to litre
- 2 litre in m^3
Liquid Volume
- pint to cup
- 2 pint in cup
Time(second (s), seconds, minute (minutes), hour (h, hours), day (days) )
- second to minute
- s to m
- hour to day
- h to seconds
- 2 m in hr
Angle (rad, deg, grad, cycle)
- rad to deg
- 2 deg in rad
- 10 cycle in deg
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