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72<br />

METRIC SYSTEM<br />

Conversion Factors<br />

LENGTH<br />

Equivalencies<br />

angstrom<br />

1 x 10- 1 0 meter (0.0 000 000 001 m)<br />

millimicron*<br />

) x 10- 9 meter (0.000 000 001 m)<br />

micron (micrometer) = 1 x 10- 6 meter (0.000 001 m)<br />

ToConvertfrom<br />

inches<br />

feet<br />

yards<br />

miles<br />

To<br />

meters<br />

meters<br />

meters<br />

kilometers<br />

Multiplyby<br />

0.0254+<br />

0.30480+<br />

0.91440+<br />

1.6093<br />

AREA<br />

Toconvertfrom<br />

square inches<br />

square feet<br />

VOLUME<br />

Definition<br />

square meters<br />

square meters<br />

0.00063616+<br />

.092903<br />

1 liter = O.OOlt cubic meter or one cubic decimeter (dm 3 )<br />

(1 milliliter = It cubic centimeter)<br />

Toconvertfrom<br />

cubic inches<br />

ounces (U.S. fluid)<br />

ounces (Brit, fluid)<br />

pints (U.S. fluid)<br />

pints (Brit, fluid)<br />

cubic feet<br />

MASS<br />

Toconvertfrom<br />

pounds (avdp.)<br />

slugs*<br />

FORCE<br />

Toconvertfrom<br />

ounces-force (ozf)<br />

ounces-force (ozf)<br />

pounds-force (lbf)<br />

pounds-force (lbf)<br />

To<br />

cubic centimeters<br />

cubic centimeters<br />

cubic centimeters<br />

cubic centimeters<br />

cubic centimeters<br />

cubic meters<br />

To<br />

kilograms<br />

kilograms<br />

To<br />

newtons<br />

kilogram-force<br />

newtons<br />

kilogram-force<br />

•This double-prefix usage is not desirable. This unit is actually a nanometer (10- 9 meter = 10-<br />

+ For practical purposes all subsequent digits are zeros.<br />

Multiplyby<br />

16.387<br />

29.574<br />

28.413<br />

473.18<br />

568.26<br />

0.028317<br />

Multiplyby<br />

0.45359<br />

14.594<br />

Multiplyby<br />

0.27802<br />

0.028350<br />

4.4732<br />

0.45359<br />

centimeter).

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