Conversions and Other Data

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AREA EQUIVALENTS

One Acre  43 560 square feet
               160 square rods (rd)
                 0.405 hectares (ha)
                 4840 square yards
One are  100 square meters
One hectare  100 are  2.471 acres

LENGTH EQUIVALENTS

centimeter  0.394 inch  
meter  3.28 feet 39.4 inch
kilometer  0.621  mile  
inch  2.54 cm  
foot  30.48 cm  
yard  0.914 m  
rod  16.5 feet 5.029 m
statute mile  1760 yards 1.61 km

LIQUID EQUIVALENTS

One U.S. Gal.   4 qt
   8 pt
   16 cups
                         3.785 liters
   128 fluid ounces
                         231 cu inch
                         8.3370 pounds of water
                         3785.4 cu cm
One qt  0.9463 liters
   2 pt
   32 fl oz
   4 cups
   64 Tbs.
One tablespoon (Tbs)  14.8 ml
   3 teaspoons
   0.5 fl oz.
Ounce (U.S. fluid)  29.57 ml
   2 Tbs.
Ounce (British fluid)  28.41 ml

WEIGHT EQUIVALENTS

pound (avdp)(16 ounces)  453.6 grams
Long ton (2240 lb)  1.016 metric ton
Short ton (2000 lb)  0.907 metric ton
milligram  10-3 grams
microgram  10-6 grams
nanogram  10-9 grams
picogram  10-12 grams

ppm / ppb / ppt

1 mg/kg or 1 mg/L  1 ppm
1 ug/kg or 1 ug/L  1 ppb
1 mg/g  1000 ppm
1 ug/g  1 ppm
1 nanogram/g  1 ppb
1 picogram/g  1 ppt

 

TEMPERATURE EQUIVALENTS

(Degree F - 32) X 5/9 = degrees Centigrade

(Degree C X 9/5) + 32 = degrees Fahrenheit

USEFUL CONVERSIONS

Multiply by To obtain
foot candle 10.764 lux
gal (US) 3785 cubic centimeters
gal (US) 3.785 liters
gal (US) 0.83 gal (Imperial)
gal 128 fluid ounces
gal/min 2.228 X 10-3 cu ft/sec
gal/acre 9.354 L/ha
hectares 2.471 acres (US)
kilograms 2.205 pounds (advp)
kg/ha 0.892 lb/acre
liters 0.0353 cu ft
liters 1.05 quarts (US)
liters 0.2642 gal (US)
liters/ha 0.107 gal/acre
meters 3.281 feet
miles/hr 88 feet/min
miles/hr 1.61 km/hr
ounces (fluid) 29.573 milliliters
ounces 28.35 grams
pounds 453.59 grams
lb/gal 0.12 kg/L
lb/sq inch 0.070 1 kg/cm square cm (atm)
lb/1000 sq ft 0.489 kg/acre
lb/acre 1.12 kg/ha
square inch 6.452 cm square
yards 0.9144 meters
parts per million 2.719 lb ai/acre foot of water

 

Here's a quick rundown of some of water's properties:
bulletWeight: 62.416 pounds per cubic foot at 32°F
bulletWeight: 61.998 pounds per cubic foot at 100°F
bulletWeight: 8.337 pounds/gallon, 0.036 pounds/cubic inch
bulletDensity: 1 gram per cubic centimeter (cc) at 39.2°F, 0.95865 gram per cc at 212°F
By the way:
bullet1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 128 ounces = 231 cubic inches
bullet1 liter = 0.2642 gallons = 1.0568 quart = 61.02 cubic inches
bullet1 million gallons = 3.069 acre-feet = 133,685.64 cubic feet

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