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Useful Conversion Factors and Relationships

Temperature

SI unit: Kelvin (K)

0K = 273.15° C

K = ° C + 273.15° C

 

Energy

1 joule = 1 kg/m2-s2

= 0.23901 calories

= 1 C X 1 V

1 calorie = 4.184 joules

 

SI Unit : Meter (m)

1 kilometer = 1000. meters

1 meter = 100 centimeters

1 centimeter = 10 millimeters

1 nanometer = 1.00 X 10-9 meters

1 picometer = 1.00 X 10-12 meters

1 inch = 2.54 cm (exactly)

1 = Angstrom = 1.00 X 10-10 meters

 

 

A = C/sec

F = C/V

J = N-m

N = kg-m/sec2

V = J/C

W = J/sec