Conversione delle più comuni unità inglesi (UK) e americane (US) in unità SI


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Unità

Simbolo

Conversione in unità SI


Lunghezza

mil o thou

1 mil

= 25,4 µm

inch

in

1 in = 1000 mil

= 2,54 cm

foot

ft

1 ft = 12 in

= 0,3048 m

yard

yd

1 yd = 3 ft

= 0,9144 m

chain

ch

1 ch = 22 yd

= 20,1168 m

furlong

fur

1 fur = 10 ch

= 201,168 m

mile (statute)

mi

1 mi = 8 fur

= 1609,344 m

fathom

fath

1 fath = 6 ft

= 1,8288 m

nautical mile (intern.)

nmi

1 nmi

= 1852 m


Superficie

square inch

sq in

1 sq in

= 6,4516 cm2

square foot

sq ft

1 sq ft = 144 sq in

= 929,030 cm2

square yard

sq yd

1 sq yd = 9 sq ft

= 0,836127 m2

rood

1 moci = 1210 sci yd

= 1011,71 m2

acre

1 acre = 4 roods

= 4046,86 m2

square mile (US)

sq mi

1 su mi = 640 acres

= 2,589 99 km2


Volume

cubic inch

cu in

1 cu in

= 16,3871 cm3

cubic foot

cu ft

1 cu ft

= 28,316 8 dm3

cubic yard

cu yd

1 cu yd

= 0,764555 m3


Misura di capacità UK

UK fluid ounce

UK fl oz

1 fl oz

= 28,4131 cm3

UK gill

1 gill = 5 fl oz

= 0,142065 dm3

UK pint

UK pt

1 pt = 4 gills

= 0,568261 dm3

UK quart

UK qt

1 qt = 2 pt

= 1,13652 dm3

UK gallon

UK gal

1 gal = 4 qt

= 4,54609 dm3

UK bushel

UK bu

1 bu

= 36,37 dm3


Misura di capacità

US minim

min

1 min

= 0,061612 cm3

US (fluidi)

US fluid dram

fl dr

1 fl dr = 60 min

= 3,69669 cm3

US fluid ounce

US fl oz

1 fl oz = 8 fl dr

= 29,5735 cm3

US gill

gi

1 gi = 4 fl oz

= 0,118294 dm3

US liquid pint

liq pt

1 liq pt = 4 gi

= 0,473176 dm3

US liquid quart

liq qt

1 liq qt = 2 liq pt

= 0,946353 dm3

US gallon

US gal

1 gal = 4 liq qt

= 3,78541 dm3

US barrel (oil)

bbl

1 bbl = 42 gal

= 158,987 dm3


Misura di

US dry pint

dry pt

1 dry pt

= 0,550610 cm3

capacità US

US dry quart

dry qt

1 dry qt = 2 dry pt

= 1,10122 dm3

(merci secche)

US peck

pk

1 pk = 8 dry qt

= 8,80976 dm3

US bushel

bu

1 bu = 4 pk

= 35,2391 dm3

US dry barrel

bbl (dry)

1 bbl =7056 cu in

= 115,627 cm3


Velocità

mile per hour

mi/h, mph

1 mi/h

= 0,44704 m/s

knot (internazionale)

kn

1 kn = 1 nmi/h

= 0,514444 m/s


Massa

grain

gr

1 gr

= 0,064799 g

Sistema avoir

dram

dr

1 dr = 27,34375 gr

= 1,77185 g

dupois

ounce

oz

1 oz = 16 dr

= 28,3495 g

pound

lb

1 lb = 16 Oz

= 0,453592 kg

stone (UK)

1 stone = 14 lb

= 6,35029 kg

quarter (UK)

qr

1 qr = 28 lb

= 12,7006 kg

hundredweight (UK)

cwt

1 cwt = 112 lb

= 50,8023 kg

(long) ton (UK)

ton

1 ton = 2240 lb

= 1016,05 kg

short hundredweight (US)

sh cwt

1 sh cwt = 100 lb

= 45,3592 kg

short ton (US)

sh ton

1 sh ton = 2000 lb

= 907,185 kg


Sistema troy

grain

gr

1 gr

= 0,064799 g

pennyweight

dwt

1 dwt = 24 gr

= 1,55517 g

troy ounce

oz tr

1 oz tr = 20 dwt

= 31,1035 g

troy pound

lb tr

1 lb tr = 12 oz tr

= 373,242 g


Forza

poundal

pdl

1 pdl = 1 lb ft/s2

= 0,138255 N

pound-force

lbf

1 lbf

= 4,44822 N

ounce force

ozf

1 ozf = 1/16 lbf

= 0,273014 N

UK ton-force

UK tonf

1 UK tonf = 2240 lbf

= 9964,02 N

US to-force

US tonf

I US tonf = 2000 lbf

= 8896,44 N

kip (US)

1 kip = 1000 lbf

= 4448,22 N


Pressione

poundal per square foot

pdl/ft2

1 pdl/ft2

= 1,48816 Pa

pound-force per sq foot

lbf/ft2

1 lbf/ft2

= 47,8803 Pa

pound-force per sq inch

lbf/in2 , psi

1 lbf/in2

= 6,89476 kPa

UK ton-force per sq foot

UK tonf/ft2

1 UK tonf/ft2

= 1,073 . 105 Pa

UK ton-force per sq inch

UK tonf/in2

1 UK tonf/in2

= 1,544 . 107 Pa

kip per sq in (US)

ksi

1 ksi

= 6,895 . 106 Pa


Lavoro, energia,

foot pound-force

ft lbf

1 ft lbf

= 1,35582 J

quantità di calore

British thermal unit

Btu

1 Btu

= 1,05506 kJ

therm

therm

1 therm = 105 Btu

= 105,506 MJ


Potenza

British thermal unit/hour

Btu/h

1 Btu/h

= 0,293071 W

horsepower

hp

1 hp = 550 ft lbf/s

= 745,700 W


Portata in massa

pound/hour

lb/h

1 lb/h

= 0,125998 g/s


Portata volumica

cubic foot/minute

cu ft/min

1 cu ft/min

= 0,47195 dm3/s

UK gallon/minute

UK gal/min

1 UK gal/min

= 75,768 cm3/s

US gallon/minute

US gal/min

1 US gal/min

= 63,090 cm3/s


Temperatura

grado Fahrenheit

°F

Temperatura [°C] = (Temperatura [°F] - 32) . 5/9

differenza di temperatura : 1 °F = 5/9 °C = 5/9 K