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TableofBaseUnits

Catalog Catalog RP66


Name QuantityType BaseUnitDescription
Name Symbol symbol
inversehenry reluctance POSC 1/H 1/H
volumetric
thermal
perKelvin expansion POSC 1/K 1/K
linearthermal
expansion
perkilogram permass POSC 1/kg 1/kg
perlength
permetre POSC 1/m 1/m
wavenumber
persquaremetre perarea POSC 1/m2 1/m2
percubicmetre pervolume POSC 1/m3 1/m3
perNewton perforce POSC 1/N 1/N
bulk
perPascal compressibility POSC 1/Pa 1/Pa
compressibility
pertime
operationsper
persecond POSC 1/s 1/s
time
frequency
perelectric
perVolt POSC 1/V 1/V
potential
electriccurrent
magnetic Theampereisthatconstantcurrentwhich,ifmaintainedintwostraightparallel
potential conductorsofinfinitelength,ofnegligiblecircularcrosssection,andplaced1metre
ampere POSC A A
difference apartinvacuum,wouldproducebetweentheseconductorsaforceequalto2x10**7
magnetomotive newtonpermetreoflength.
force
amperesmetres electromagnetic
POSC A.m2 A.m2
squared moment
linearelectric
currentdensity
amperes/metre magneticfield POSC A/m A/m
strength
magnetization
amperes/square
currentdensity POSC A/m2 A/m2
metre
levelofpower Aunitofintensity.Abelisthebase10logarithmofapoweroramplituderatio.Some
bel POSC B 10dB
intensity systemsdefineaspecificbasevalue.
attenuationper
bels/metre POSC B/m 10dB/m
length
bels/octave attenuation POSC B/O Thepoweroramplitudevariationthatoccursoveradoublingofthedomainvariable.
data
Aunitoftransmissionspeed,equaltoonebitpersecond.Thisunitisbeingdeprecated
baud transmission POSC Bd 1/s
infavorofbitspersecond(bps).
speed
data
bitspersecond transmission POSC bps Aunitoftransmissionspeed,equaltoonebitpersecond.
speed

activity(of Theactivityofaradionuclidedecayingattherateofonespontaneousnucleartransition
becquerel POSC Bq Bq
radioactivity) persecond
specificactivity
becquerelper
(of POSC Bq/kg Bq/kg
kilogram
radioactivity)
Thecapacity,inbytes,ofastoragedeviceoraninformationsystem,isoneeighthofthe
byte digitalstorage POSC byte
basetwologarithmofthenumberofpossiblestatesofthedeviceorsystem.
electric
capacity
coulomb POSC C C Thetimeintegralofelectriccurrent,equalto1A.s

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electriccharge
electricflux
electricdipole
coulombmetres POSC C.m C.m
moment
coulombper exposure
POSC C/kg C/kg
kilogram (radioactivity)
coulombs/square electric
POSC C/m2 C/m2
metre polarization
coulombs/cubic
chargedensity POSC C/m3 C/m3
metre
Thecandelaistheluminousintensity,inagivendirection,ofasourcethatemits
luminous
candela POSC cd cd monochromaticradiationoffrequency540X10**12hertzandthathasaradian
intensity
intensityinthatdirectionof1/683wattpersteradian.
candelas/square
luminance POSC cd/m2 cd/m2
metre
electrochemical Thechargecontainedinonemoleofelectrons.Theamountisequalto96487
equivalent POSC eq eq
equivalent coulombs.
equivalentper equivalentper
POSC eq/kg eq/kg
kilogram mass
equivalentsper equivalentper
POSC eq/m3 eq/m3
cubicmetre volume
dimensionless
volumic
concentration
mass
concentration
euclid POSC Euc 100% Abaseunittodescribealldimensionlessvalues,suchasratiosandfactors.
linearstrain
shearstrain
attenuation
poissonratio
Thecapacitanceofacapacitorbetweentheplatesofwhichthereappearsadifference
farad capacitance POSC F F
ofpotentialof1Vwhenitischargedbyaquantityofelectricityequalto1C.
farads/metre permittivity POSC F/m F/m
volumic
gasunit POSC gu Canmean1/50thpercentor1/100thpercent,dependingoncountry.
concentration
APIgammaray gammarayAPI
POSC gAPI gAPI AunitdefinedbytheAmericanPetroleumInstituteforgammaraylogmeasurements.
units unit
Theabsorbeddosewhentheenergyperunitmassimpartedtomatterbyionizing
gray absorbeddose POSC Gy Gy radiationis1J/kg

selfinductance Theinductanceofaclosedcircuitinwhichanelectromotiveforceof1Visproduced
henry POSC H H
permeance whentheelectriccurrentinthecircuitvariesuniformlyatarateof1A/s.
magnetic
henries/metre POSC H/m H/m
permeability
hertz frequency POSC Hz Hz Thefrequencyofaperiodicphenomenonofwhichtheperiodis1second.
momentof
force
momentof
Theworkdonewhenthepointofapplicationofaforceof1Nisdisplacedadistance
joule couple POSC J J
of1minthedirectionoftheforce.
torque
energy
work
joulesperdelta
heatcapacity POSC J/K J/K
kelvin
joules/kilogram specificenergy POSC J/kg J/kg
specificheat
joules/kilogram capacity
POSC J/kg.K J/kg.K
degreekelvin massicheat
capacity
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
joules/cubic rigidity
POSC J/m3 J/m3
metre bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
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electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
molar
thermodynamic
energy
chemical
joules/mole POSC J/mol J/mol
potential
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
molarheat
capacity
joules/mole
molarentropy POSC J/mol.K J/mol.K
degreekelvin
molargas
constant
thermodynamic
temperature Thekelvin,unitofthermodynamictemperature,isthefraction1/273.16ofthe
kelvin POSC K K
delta thermodynamictemperatureofthetriplepointofwater.
temperature
thermal
insulance
kelvinmetres
coefficientof POSC K.m2/W K.m2/W
squared/watt
thermal
insulation
degrees temperatureper
POSC K/m K/m
kelvin/metre length
temperatureper
kelvinpersecond POSC K/s K/s
time
deltakelvinper thermal
POSC K/W K/W
watt resistance
Thekilogramistheunitofmass(notforce)itisequaltothemassoftheinternational
kilogram mass POSC kg kg prototypeofthekilogram.
meterkilogram masslength POSC kg.m kg.m
kilogram momentum
POSC kg.m/s kg.m/s
metres/second impulse
kilogrammetres momentof
POSC kg.m2 kg.m2
squared inertia
massper
kilograms/joule POSC kg/J kg/J
energy
lineardensity
kilograms/metre linearmass POSC kg/m kg/m
massperlength
kilograms/square surfacedensity
POSC kg/m2 kg/m2
metre areicmass
kilograms/square masspertime
POSC kg/m2.s kg/m2.s
metreseconds perarea
density
kilograms/cubic
massdensity POSC kg/m3 kg/m3
metre
volumicmass
massper
kilogram/metre
volumeper POSC kg/m4 kg/m4
fourth
length
kilograms/second massflowrate POSC kg/s kg/s
Theluminousfluxemittedinasolidangleof1srbyapointsourcehavingauniform
lumen luminousflux POSC lm lm
intensityof1cd.
quantityof
lumensecond POSC lm.s lm.s
light
luminous
lumens/watt POSC lm/W lm/W
efficacy
Theilluminanceproducedbyaluminousfluxof1lmuniformlydistributedovera
lux illuminance POSC lx lx
surfaceof1m2.
luxseconds lightexposure POSC lx.s lx.s
length
breadth
height
depth
thickness
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radius
radiusof Themetreisthelengthequalto1650763.73wavelengthsinvacuumoftheradiation
metre curvature POSC m m correspondingtothetransitionbetweenthelevels2p10and5d5ofthekrypton86
Cartesian atom.
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath
metres/degree lengthper
POSC m/K m/K
kelvin temperature
metres/second velocity POSC m/s m/s
metres/second acceleration
POSC m/s2 m/s2
squared linear
squaremetres area POSC m2 m2
mass
square
attenuation POSC m2/kg m2/kg
metres/kilogram
coefficient
square crosssection
POSC m2/mol m2/mol
metres/mol absorption
unit
square
productivity
metres/second POSC m2/Pa.s m2/Pa.s
index
Pascal
mobility
kinematic
viscosity
thermal
square
diffusivity POSC m2/s m2/s
metres/second
diffusion
coefficient
areapertime
cubicmetres volume POSC m3 m3
cubic isothermal
POSC m3/J m3/J
metres/joule compressibility
cubic specificvolume
POSC m3/kg m3/kg
metres/kilogram massicvolume
cubic
molarvolume POSC m3/mol m3/mol
metres/mole
cubic
productivity
metres/second POSC m3/Pa.s m3/Pa.s
index
pascal
(cubic
productivity
metres/second) WITSML m3/Pa/s m3/Pa/s
index
perpascal
cubic specific
metres/pascal productivity POSC m3/Pa2.s2 m3/Pa2.s2
secondsquared index
cubic volumeflow
POSC m3/s m3/s
metres/second rate
cubic
volumeper
metres/seconds POSC m3/s2 m3/s2
timepertime
squared
cubicmetres/std volumeper
cubicmetres,0 standard POSC m3/scm(0C)
degC volume
cubicmetres/std volumeper
cubicmetres,15 standard POSC m3/scm(15C)
degC volume
secondmoment
ofarea
metresfourth POSC m4 m4
momentof
section
metres volumelength
POSC m4/s m4/s
fourth/second pertime
Themoleistheamountofsubstanceofasystemthatcontainsasmanyelementary
amountof entitiesasthereareatomsin0.012kilogramofcarbon12.Whenthemoleisused,the
mole POSC mol mol
substance elementaryentitiesmustbespecifiedandmaybeatoms,molecules,ions,electrons,
otherparticles,orspecifiedgroupsofsuchparticles.

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moles/square moleperarea POSC mol/m2 mol/m2
metre
moles/square molepertime
POSC mol/m2.s mol/m2.s
metresecond perarea
concentration
moles/cubic ofB
POSC mol/m3 mol/m3
metre amountofa
substance
moles/second molepertime POSC mol/s mol/s
Thatforcewhich,whenap0pliedtoabodyhavingamassof1kg,givesitan
newton force POSC N N
accelerationof1m/s2.
newtonsquare
forcearea POSC N.m2 N.m2
metres
forceperlength
newtons/metre POSC N/m N/m
energyperarea
forceper
newtons/cubic volume
metre pressureper POSC N/m3 N/m3
length
newtonsfourth
parachor POSC N4/kg.m7 N4/kg.m7
metres/kilogram
APIneutron neutronAPI
POSC nAPI nAPI AunitdefinedbytheAmericanPetroleumInstituteforneutronlogmeasurements.
units unit
frequency Thenumberofoctavesbetweentwopositivevaluesisthebasetwologarithmoftheir
octave POSC O O
interval ratio.
Theelectricresistancebetweentwopointsofaconductorwhenaconstantdifferenceof
resistance
ohm POSC ohm ohm potentialof1V,appliedbetweenthesetwopoints,producesinthisconductoracurrent
impedance
of1A,thisconductornotbeingthesourceofanyelectromotiveforce.
electrical
ohmmetre POSC ohm.m ohm.m
resistivity
resistivityper
ohmpermetre POSC ohm/m ohm/m
length
forceperarea
pascal POSC Pa Pa Thepressureorstressof1N/m2.
pressure
dynamic
viscosity
pascalseconds POSC Pa.s Pa.s
masspertime
perlength
pressuretime
pascal
pervolume
seconds/cubic POSC Pa.s/m3 Pa.s/m3
acoustic
metre
impedance
pascalsecond
nonDarcyflow
/cubicmetre POSC Pa.s/m6 Pa.s/m6
coefficient
squared
forceper
volume
pascals/metre POSC Pa/m Pa/m
pressureper
length
pascals/cubic Darcyflow
POSC Pa/m3 Pa/m3
metre coefficient
pressureper
pascal/second POSC Pa/s Pa/s
time
pressure
pascalsquared POSC Pa2 Pa2
squared
pH pH POSC pH Thenegative,base10logarithmoftheconcentrationofhydrogenionsinasolution.
Theradianistheplaneanglebetweentworadiiofacirclethatcutof,onthe
radian planeangle POSC rad rad
circumference,anarcequalinlengthtotheradius.
angleper
radians/metre POSC rad/m rad/m
length
radianspercubic angleper
POSC rad/m3 rad/m3
metre volume
angular
velocity
rotational
frequency
radians/second circular POSC rad/s rad/s
frequency

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anglepertime
rotational
velocity
radians/second angular
squared acceleration POSC rad/s2 rad/s2

electric
conductance Theelectricconductanceofaconductorinwhichacurrentof1Aisproducedbyan
siemens POSC S S
admittance electricpotentialdifferenceof1V.
susceptance
Thesecondisthedurationof9192631770periodsoftheradiationcorrespondingto
second time POSC s s thetransitionbetweenthetwohyperfinelevelsofthegroundstateofthecesium133
atom.
siemens/metre conductivity POSC S/m S/m
timeperlength
slowness
seconds/metre POSC s/m s/m
intervaltransit
time
seconds/cubic timeper
POSC s/m3 s/m3
metre volume
standardcubic Aunitofstandardvolume.Thenumberofscm(0C)ofafluidisthevolumethefluid
standard
metresat0deg POSC scm(0C) willoccupy(incubicmetres)whenthefluidisreducedtostandardconditionsof1
volume
Celsius atm.,0degreesCelsius.
stdcubicmetres, standard
0degC/square volumeper POSC scm(0C)/m2
metre area
stdcubicmetres, standard
0degC/cubic volumeper POSC scm(0C)/m3
metre volume
standardcubic Aunitofstandardvolume.Thenumberofscm(15C)ofafluidisthevolumethefluid
standard
metresat15deg POSC scm(15C) willoccupy(incubicmetres)whenthefluidisreducedtostandardconditionsof1
volume
Celsius atm.,15degreesCelsius.
stdcubicmetres, standard
15degC/square volumeper POSC scm(15C)/m2
metre area
stdcubicmetres,
stadardvolume
15degC/cubic POSC scm(15C)/m3
pervolume
metre
standard
stdcubicmetres,
volumeper POSC scm(15C)/s
15degC/second
time
Thesteradianisthesolidanglethat,havingitsvertexinthecenterofacircle,cutsofan
steradian solidangle POSC sr sr areaofthesurfaceofthesphereequaltothatofasquarewithsidesoflengthequalto
theradiusofthesphere.
Thedoseequivalentwhentheabsorbeddoseofionizingradiationmultipliedbythe
sievert doseequivalent POSC Sv Sv dimensionlessfactorsQ(qualityfacot)andN(productofanyothemultiplyingfactors)
stipulatedbytheIntl.CommissiononRadiologicalProtectionis1.J/kg.
sievertper doseequivalent Thedoseequivalentratewhentheabsorbeddosepersecondofionizingradiation
POSC Sv/s
second rate multipliedbytheappropriatefactorsisequivalentto1Sievertpersecond.
Themagneticfluxdensityof1Wb/m2.Alternatively,itisdefinedasthemagneticflux
magnetic
densitythatproducesona1mlengthofwirecarryingacurrentof1A,orientednormal
induction
tesla POSC T T tothefluxdensity,aforceof1N,magneticfluxdensitybeingdefinedasanaxial
magneticflux
vectorquantitysuchthattheforceexertedonanelementofcurrentisequaltothe
density
vectorproductofthiselementandthemagneticfluxdensity.
Thedifferenceofelectricpotentialbetweentwopointsofaconductorcarryinga
electric
volt POSC V V constantcurrentof1Awhenthepowerdissipatedbetweenthesepointsisequalto1
potential
W.
potential
volts/Bel differenceper POSC V/B V/B
perpowerdrop
electricfield
volts/metre POSC V/m V/m
strength
power
watt POSC W W Thepowerthatrepresentsarateofenergytransferof1J/s.
heatflowrate
Wattsperdelta thermal
POSC W/K W/K
kelvin conductance
energylength
pertimearea
watts/metre
temperature POSC W/m.K W/m.K
kelvin
thermal

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conductivity
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
watts/square fluencerate
POSC W/m2 W/m2
metre radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
watts/square heattransfer
POSC W/m2.K W/m2.K
metrekelvin coefficient
watts/square
radiance POSC W/m2.sr W/m2.sr
metresteradian
watts/cubic powerper
POSC W/m3 W/m3
metre volume
volumetricheat
watts/cubic
transfer POSC W/m3.K W/m3.K
metrekelvin
coefficient
radiant
watts/steradian POSC W/sr W/sr
intensity
Themagneticfluxwhich,linkingacircuitofoneturn,producesinitanalectromotive
weber magneticflux POSC Wb Wb
orceof1Vasitisreducedtozeroatauniformratein1s.
magneticdipole
webermetres POSC Wb.m Wb.m
moment
magneticvector
webers/metre POSC Wb/m Wb/m
potential

TableofCustomaryUnits
ConversionToBaseUnit:
Catalog Base (A+BX)/(C+DX)
Name QuantityType CatalogSymbol RP66symbol
Name Unit
A B C D
dimensionless
areaperarea
volumic
concentration
mass
concentration
%
percent forceperforce POSC % Euc 0 0.01 1 0
pu
linearstrain
relative
elongation
relativepower
lengthper
length
perannum pertime POSC 1/a 1/a 1/s 0 1 31558150 0
perlength
perangstrom POSC 1/angstrom 1/m 0 10000000000 1 0
wavenumber
bulk
perbar compressibility POSC 1/bar 1/bar 1/Pa 0 0.000001 1 0
compressibility
perbarrel pervolume POSC 1/bbl 1/bbl 1/m3 0 1 0.1589873 0
perlength
percentimetre POSC 1/cm 1/cm 1/m 0 100 1 0
wavenumber
perday pertime POSC 1/d 1/d 1/s 0 1 86400 0
volumetric
perdegreeCelsius thermal POSC 1/degC 1/degC 1/K 0 1 1 0
expansion
volumetric
perdegreeFahrenheit thermal POSC 1/degF 1/degF 1/K 0 9 5 0
expansion
volumetric
perdegreeRankine thermal POSC 1/degR 1/degR 1/K 0 9 5 0
expansion
perfoot perlength POSC 1/ft 1/ft 1/m 0 1 0.3048 0
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persquarefoot perarea POSC 1/ft2 1/ft2 1/m2 0 1 0.09290304 0
percubicfoot pervolume POSC 1/ft3 1/ft3 1/m3 0 1 0.02831685 0
pergram permass POSC 1/g 1/g 1/kg 0 1000 1 0
perUKgallon pervolume POSC 1/galUK 1/galUK 1/m3 0 1 0.00456092 0
perUSgallon pervolume POSC 1/galUS 1/galUS 1/m3 0 1 0.003785412 0
perhour pertime POSC 1/h 1/h 1/s 0 1 3600 0
perinch perlength POSC 1/in 1/in 1/m 0 1 0.0254 0
persquarekilometre perarea POSC 1/km2 1/km2 1/m2 0 1 1000000 0
bulk
perkilopascal compressibility POSC 1/kPa 1/kPa 1/Pa 0 0.001 1 0
compressibility

perlitre pervolume POSC 1/L 1/L 1/m3 0 1000 1 0


perpoundforce perforce POSC 1/lbf 1/lbf 1/N 0 1 4.448222 0
perpound permass POSC 1/lbm 1/lbm 1/kg 0 1 0.4535924 0
permile perlength POSC 1/mi 1/mi 1/m 0 1 1609.344 0
persquaremile perarea POSC 1/mi2 1/mi2 1/m2 0 1 2589988.11 0
perminute pertime POSC 1/min 1/min 1/s 0 1 60 0
perlength
permillimetre POSC 1/mm 1/mm 1/m 0 1000 1 0
wavenumber
perlength
pernanometre POSC 1/nm 1/nm 1/m 0 1000000000 1 0
wavenumber
bulk
perpicopascal compressibility POSC 1/pPa 1/pPa 1/Pa 0 1000000000000 1 0
compressibility
bulk
perpounds/squareinch compressibility POSC 1/psi 1/psi 1/Pa 0 1 6894.757 0
compressibility
bulk
permicropoundsper
compressibility POSC 1/upsi 1/upsi 1/Pa 0 1 0.006894757 0
squareinch
compressibility
perelectric
permicrovolt POSC 1/uV 1/uV 1/V 0 1000000 1 0
potential
perweek pertime POSC 1/wk 1/s 0 1 604800 0
peryard perlength POSC 1/yd 1/m 0 1 0.9144 0
thousandcubicfeet volume POSC 1000ft3 m3 0 28.316846592 1 0
thousandcubicfeetper volumeper
POSC 1000ft3/bbl Euc 0 28.316846592 0.1589873 0
barrel volume
thousandcubicfeetper volumeflow
POSC 1000ft3/d m3/s 0 28.31685 86400 0
day rate
thousandcubicfeetper volumeper
POSC 1000ft3/d.ft m2/s 0 92.90304 86400 0
dayperfoot timeperlength
thousandcubicfeetper productivity
POSC 1000ft3/psi.d m3/Pa.s 0 28.31685 595707004.8 0
dayperpsi index
thousandcubicmetresper volumeflow
POSC 1000m3/d m3/s 0 1000 86400 0
day rate
thousandcubicmeterper volumeper
POSC 1000m3/d.m km3/(d.m) m2/s 0 1000 86400 0
daypermeter timeperlength
thousandcubicmetresper volumeflow
POSC 1000m3/h m3/s 0 1000 3600 0
hour rate
thousandcubicmetersper volumeper
POSC 1000m3/h.m km3/(h.m) m2/s 0 1000 3600 0
hourpermeter timeperlength
thousand(cubicmeterper volumelength
POSC 1000m4/d m4/s 0 1000 86400 0
day)meter pertime
100000years time POSC 100ka s 0 3155815000000 1 0
density
tenthousandkilograms
massdensity POSC 10Mg/m3 kg/m3 0 10000 1 0
percubicmetre
volumicmass
annum time POSC a a s 0 31558150 1 0
electric
capacity
Amperehour POSC A.h A.h C 0 3600 1 0
electriccharge
electricflux
amperepersquare
currentdensity POSC A/cm2 A/cm2 A/m2 0 10000 1 0
centimeter
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amperepersquarefoot currentdensity POSC A/ft2 A/ft2 A/m2 0 1 0.09290304 0


linearelectric
currentdensity
Ampere/millimetre magneticfield POSC A/mm A/mm A/m 0 1000 1 0
strength
magnetization
Ampere/square
currentdensity POSC A/mm2 A/mm2 A/m2 0 1000000 1 0
millimetre
acre area POSC acre acre m2 0 4046.873 1 0
acrefoot volume POSC acre.ft acre.ft m3 0 1233.489 1 0
volumeper
acrefeet/millionstbs,60
standard POSC acre.ft/MMstb m3/scm(15C) 0 1233.489 158987.3 0
degF
volume
attogram mass POSC ag ag kg 0 1E021 1 0
energy
attojoule POSC aJ aJ J 0 1E018 1 0
work
Angstrom length POSC angstrom m 0 0.0000000001 1 0
forceperarea
Technicalatmosphere POSC at Pa 0 98066.5 1 0
pressure
forceperarea
Atmosphere POSC atm atm Pa 0 101325 1 0
pressure
forceper
volume
Atmospheresperft POSC atm/ft atm/ft Pa/m 0 101325 0.3048 0
pressureper
length

pressureper
atmosphereperhour POSC atm/h atm/h Pa/s 0 101325 3600 0
time
forceper
Atmospheresperhundred volume
POSC atm/hm Pa/m 0 101325 100 0
metre pressureper
length
forceper
volume
Atmospheres/metre POSC atm/m atm/m Pa/m 0 101325 1 0
pressureper
length
barn area POSC b b m2 0 1E+028 1 0
areaper
barns/cubiccentimetre POSC b/cm3 b/cm3 1/m 0 1E+034 1 0
volume
crosssection
barns/electron POSC b/elec m2/mol 0 0.00006023 1 0
absorption
forceperarea
bar POSC bar bar Pa 0 100000 1 0
pressure
pressureper
barperhour POSC bar/h bar/h Pa/s 0 100000 3600 0
time
forceper
volume
barperkilometer POSC bar/km bar/km Pa/m 0 100 1 0
pressureper
length
forceper
volume
barpermeter POSC bar/m bar/m Pa/m 0 100000 1 0
pressureper
length
pressure
barsquared POSC bar2 bar2 Pa2 0 10000000000 1 0
squared
pressure
squaredper
barsquaredpercentipoise POSC bar2/cP bar2/cP Pa/s 0 1.E+13 1 0
(dynamic
viscosity)
barrel volume POSC bbl bbl m3 0 0.1589873 1 0
volumeper
barrelperhundredbarrel POSC bbl/100bbl Euc 0 0.01 1 0
volume
volumeper
barrels/acre POSC bbl/acre bbl/acre m 0 0.1589873 4046.879 0
area
volumeper
barrel/acrefoot POSC bbl/acre.ft bbl/acre.ft Euc 0 0.1589873 1233.489 0
volume
volumeper
barrel/barrel POSC bbl/bbl bbl/bbl Euc 0 1 1 0
volume
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specific
barrels/centiPoisedaypsi productivity POSC bbl/cP.d.psi bbl/cP.d.psi m3/Pa2.s2 0 0.1589873 595707 0
index
volumeflow
barrel/day POSC bbl/d bbl/d m3/s 0 0.1589873 86400 0
rate
volumeper
barrels/dayacrefoot timeper POSC bbl/d.acre.ft bbl/d.acre.ft 1/s 0 0.1589873 106573450 0
volume

volumeper bbl/d.ft
barrels/dayfoot POSC bbl/d.ft bbl/(d.ft) m2/s 0 0.1589873 26334.72 0
timeperlength

unit
barrels/dayfoot
productivity POSC bbl/d.ft.psi bbl/d.ft.psi m2/Pa.s 0 0.000000000266888418 0.3048 0
pounds/sqin
index
barrel/daypounds/square productivity bbl/d.psi
POSC bbl/d.psi m3/Pa.s 0 0.000000000266888418 1 0
inch index (Deprecated)
volumeper
barrels/dayperday POSC bbl/d2 bbl/d2 m3/s2 0 0.0000000000212978 1 0
timepertime
volumeper
barrel/foot POSC bbl/ft bbl/ft m2 0 0.1589873 0.3048 0
length
volumeper
barrelpercubicfoot POSC bbl/ft3 bbl/ft3 Euc 0 0.1589873 0.02831685 0
volume
volumeflow
barrel/hour POSC bbl/hr bbl/hr m3/s 0 0.1589873 3600 0
rate
volumeper
barrels/hour/hour POSC bbl/hr2 bbl/hr2 m3/s2 0 0.1589873 12960000 0
timepertime
volumeper
barrel/inch POSC bbl/in bbl/in m2 0 0.1589873 0.0254 0
length
barrelperthousandcubic volumeper
POSC bbl/k(ft3) Euc 0 0.1589873 28.31685 0
feet volume
barrelperdayper productivity bbl/kPa.d
POSC bbl/kPa.d m3/Pa.s 0 0.1589873 86400000 0
kilopascal index bbl/(d.kPa)
barrelpermillioncubic volumeper
POSC bbl/M(ft3) Euc 0 0.1589873 28316.85 0
feet volume
volumeper
barrel/mile POSC bbl/mi bbl/mi m2 0 0.1589873 1609.344 0
length
volumeflow
barrelperminute POSC bbl/min bbl/min m3/s 0 0.1589873 60 0
rate
volumeper
barrels/millionstdcubic
standard POSC bbl/MMscf(60F) m3/scm(15C) 0 0.1589873 28262.357 0
feet,60degF
volume
productivity bbl/psi.d
barrelperdayperpsi POSC bbl/psi.d m3/Pa.s 0 0.1589873 595707004.8 0
index bbl/(d.psi)
volumeper
barrels/stocktankbarrel,
standard POSC bbl/stb(60F) m3/scm(15C) 0 1 1 0
60degF
volume

specificvolume
barrelperU.K.ton POSC bbl/tonUK bbl/tonUK m3/kg 0 156.4763 1 0
massicvolume
specificvolume
barrelperU.S.ton POSC bbl/tonUS bbl/tonUS m3/kg 0 175.2535 1 0
massicvolume
billioncubicfeet volume POSC bcf m3 0 28316850 1 0
bit digitalstorage POSC bit byte 0 1 8 0
energy
Britishthermalunit POSC Btu Btu J 0 1055.056 1 0
work
energylength
Btus/hourfootsquared
pertimearea POSC Btu.in/hr.ft2.F Btu.in/h.ft2.degF W/m.K 0 0.1442279 1 0
degFperinch
temperature
Btu(million)/hr
millionBtus/hour heatflowrate POSC W 0 293071.1 1 0
(Deprecated)
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
Britishthermal
bulkmodulus POSC Btu/bbl Btu/bbl J/m3 0 1055.056 0.1589873 0
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units/barrel modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

Btus/brakehorsepower
relativepower POSC Btu/bhp.hr Euc 0 0.0003930148 1 0
hour
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
Britishthermal rigidity
units/cubicfoot bulkmodulus POSC Btu/ft3 Btu/ft3 J/m3 0 37258.95 1 0
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
Britishthermalunits/U.K. rigidity
POSC Btu/galUK Btu/galUK J/m3 0 232080 1 0
gallon bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
Britishthermalunits/U.S. rigidity
POSC Btu/galUS Btu/galUS J/m3 0 278716.3 1 0
gallon bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
Britishthermalunit/hour heatflowrate POSC Btu/hr Btu/h W 0 0.2930711 1 0
Britishthermalunits/hour thermal
POSC Btu/hr.ft.degF Btu/h.ft.degF W/m.K 0 1.730735 1 0
footdegF conductivity
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
fluencerate
Btus/hourpersquarefoot POSC Btu/hr.ft2 Btu/h.ft2 W/m2 0 3.154591 1 0
radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
Btus/hourfootsquared heattransfer
POSC Btu/hr.ft2.degF Btu/h.ft2.degF W/m2.K 0 5.678263 1 0
degF coefficient
Btus/hourfootsquared heattransfer
POSC Btu/hr.ft2.degR Btu/hr.ft2.degR W/m2.K 0 5.678263 1 0
degR coefficient
Britishthermalunits/hour powerper
POSC Btu/hr.ft3 Btu/h.ft3 W/m3 0 10.34971 1 0
cubicfoot volume
volumetricheat
Btus/hourfootcubeddeg
transfer POSC Btu/hr.ft3.degF Btu/h.ft3.degF W/m3.K 0 18.62947 1 0
F
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coefficient
Btus/hourmetresquared heattransfer
POSC Btu/hr.m2.degC Btu/h.m2.degC W/m2.K 0 0.2930711 1 0
degC coefficient
Britishthermal
specificenergy POSC Btu/lbm Btu/lbm J/kg 0 2326 1 0
units/poundmass
specificheat
Britishthermal capacity
POSC Btu/lbm.degF Btu/lbm.degF J/kg.K 0 4186.8 1 0
units/poundmassdegF massicheat
capacity
specificheat
Britishthermal capacity
massicheat POSC Btu/lbm.degR Btu/lbm.degR J/kg.K 0 4186.8 1 0
units/poundmassdegR
capacity

Britishthermal
heatflowrate POSC Btu/min Btu/min W 0 17.58427 1 0
units/minute

molar
thermodynamic
energy
Britishthermal chemical
POSC Btu/lbmole J/mol 0 2.326 1 0
units/poundmassmol potential
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
molar
thermodynamic
energy
Britishthermal chemical Btu/mol(lbm)
POSC J/mol 0 2326 1 0
units/poundmassmol potential (Deprecated)
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
molarheat
capacity
Btus/poundmassmoldeg
molarentropy POSC Btu/lbmole.F J/mol.K 0 4.1868 1 0
F
molargas
constant
molarheat
capacity
Btus/poundmassmoldeg Btu/mol(lbm).F
molarentropy POSC J/mol.K 0 4186.8 1 0
F (Deprecated)
molargas
constant
Britishthermal
heatflowrate POSC Btu/s Btu/s W 0 1055.056 1 0
units/second
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
Britishthermal fluencerate
POSC Btu/s.ft2 Btu/s.ft2 W/m2 0 11356.53 1 0
units/secondsquarefoot radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
Btus/secondpersquare heattransfer
POSC Btu/s.ft2.degF Btu/s.ft2.degF W/m2.K 0 20441.75 1 0
footdegF coefficient
Btus/secondpercubic powerper
POSC Btu/s.ft3 Btu/s.ft3 W/m3 0 37258.95 1 0
foot volume
volumetricheat
Btus/secondpercubic
transfer POSC Btu/s.ft3.degF Btu/s.ft3.degF W/m3.K 0 67066.11 1 0
footdegF
coefficient
cycle planeangle POSC c c rad 0 6.283185307 1 0
Coulombs/square electric
POSC C/cm2 C/cm2 C/m2 0 1 0.0001 0
centimetre polarization
Coulombs/cubic
chargedensity POSC C/cm3 C/cm3 C/m3 0 1 0.000001 0
centimeter
exposure
coulombpergram POSC C/g C/g C/kg 0 1000 1 0
(radioactivity)
Coulombs/square electric
POSC C/mm2 C/mm2 C/m2 0 1 0.000001 0
millimetre polarization
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Coulombs/cubic
chargedensity POSC C/mm3 C/mm3 C/m3 0 1 0.000000001 0
millimetre
angular
velocity
frequency
rotational
frequency
cycles/second POSC c/s c/s rad/s 0 6.283185307 1 0
circular
frequency
anglepertime
rotational
velocity
energy
calorie POSC cal cal J 0 4.184 1 0
work
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
calories/cubiccentimetre bulkmodulus POSC cal/cm3 cal/cm3 J/m3 0 4.184 0.000001 0
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

calories/gram specificenergy POSC cal/g cal/g J/kg 0 4184 1 0


specificheat
calories/gramdegree capacity
POSC cal/g.K cal/g.K J/kg.K 0 4184 1 0
Kelvin massicheat
capacity
calories/hourcentimetre thermal
POSC cal/h.cm.degC cal/h.cm.degC W/m.K 0 0.1162222 1 0
degreeCelsius conductivity
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
calories/hourcentimetre fluencerate
POSC cal/h.cm2 cal/h.cm2 W/m2 0 11.62222 1 0
squared radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
calories/hoursquare heattransfer
POSC cal/h.cm2.degC cal/h.cm2.degC W/m2.K 0 11.62222 1 0
centimetredegC coefficient
calories/hourcubic powerper
POSC cal/h.cm3 cal/h.cm3 W/m3 0 1162.222 1 0
centimetre volume
calories/kilogram specificenergy POSC cal/kg cal/kg J/kg 0 4.184 1 0
calories/poundmass specificenergy POSC cal/lbm cal/lbm J/kg 0 9.224141 1 0
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
calories/milliliter POSC cal/mL cal/mL J/m3 0 4184000 1 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
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calories/cubicmillimetre bulkmodulus POSC cal/mm3 cal/mm3 J/m3 0 4.184 0.000000001 0
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

molarheat
capacity
calories/grammoldegree
molarentropy POSC cal/mol.degC J/mol.K 0 4.184 1 0
celsius
molargas
constant
molarheat
capacity
calories/grammoldegree cal/mol(g).degC
molarentropy POSC J/mol.K 0 4184 1 0
celsius (Deprecated)
molargas
constant
calories/second thermal
POSC cal/s.cm.degC cal/s.cm.degC W/m.K 0 418.4 1 0
centimetredegC conductivity
calories/secondsquare heattransfer
POSC cal/s.cm2.degC cal/s.cm2.degC W/m2.K 0 41840 1 0
centimetredegC coefficient
calories/secondcubic powerper
centimetre volume POSC cal/s.cm3 cal/s.cm3 W/m3 0 4184000 1 0

centesimalsecond planeangle POSC ccgr rad 0 3.1415926535898 2000000 0


dimensionless
centiEuclid POSC cEuc % Euc 0 0.01 1 0
poissonratio
centesimalminute planeangle POSC cgr rad 0 3.1415926535898 20000 0
ch power POSC ch W 0 735.499 1 0
energy
chhours POSC ch.h J 0 2647796 1 0
work
length
breadth
height
thickness
Benoitchain(1895A) radius POSC chBnA m 0 20.1167824 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
distance
length
breadth
height
thickness
Benoitchain(1895B) radius POSC chBnB m 0 792 39.370113 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
distance

length
breadth
height
thickness
Clarkechain radius POSC chCla m 0 20.11661949 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
distance
length
breadth
height
thickness
Searschain radius POSC chSe m 0 792 39.370147 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
distance
energy
chus POSC Chu J 0 1899.101 1 0
work
length
breadth

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height
thickness
USSurveychain radius POSC chUS m 0 792 39.37 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
distance
activity(of
curie POSC Ci Ci Bq 0 37000000000 1 0
radioactivity)
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
curvature
centimetre POSC cm cm m 0 0.01 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath
centimeterperyear velocity POSC cm/a cm/a m/s 0 0.01 31558150 0
centimetre/second velocity POSC cm/s cm/s m/s 0 0.01 1 0
centimetre/second acceleration
POSC cm/s2 cm/s2 m/s2 0 0.01 1 0
squared linear
squarecentimetre area POSC cm2 cm2 m2 0 0.0001 1 0
mass
centimetressquared/gram attenuation POSC cm2/g cm2/g m2/kg 0 0.1 1 0
coefficient
kinematic
viscosity
centimetres
thermal POSC cm2/s cm2/s m2/s 0 0.0001 1 0
squared/second
diffusivity
areapertime
cubiccentimetre volume POSC cm3 cm3 m3 0 0.000001 1 0
cubiccentimeterper volumeflow
POSC cm3/30min m3/s 0 0.000001 1800 0
thirtyminutes rate
cubiccentimeters/cubic volumeper
POSC cm3/cm3 cm3/cm3 Euc 0 1 1 0
centimetres volume
specificvolume
cubiccentimetres/gram POSC cm3/g cm3/g m3/kg 0 0.001 1 0
massicvolume
volumeflow
cubiccentimeterperhour POSC cm3/h cm3/h m3/s 0 0.000001 3600 0
rate
cubiccentimetre/cubic volumeper
POSC cm3/m3 cm3/m3 Euc 0 0.000001 1 0
metre volume
cubiccentimeterper volumeflow
POSC cm3/min cm3/min m3/s 0 0.000001 60 0
minute rate
cubiccentimeterper volumeflow
POSC cm3/s cm3/s m3/s 0 0.000001 1 0
second rate
secondmoment
centimetresfourth POSC cm4 cm4 m4 0 0.00000001 1 0
ofarea
forceperarea
cmofwaterat4degC. POSC cmH2O(4degC) Pa 0 98.0638 1 0
pressure
dynamic
centipoise POSC cP cP Pa.s 0 0.001 1 0
viscosity
tenmillisecond time POSC cs s 0 0.01 1 0
kinematic
centiStoke viscosity POSC cSt m2/s 0 0.000001 1 0
areapertime
carat mass POSC ct kg 0 0.0002 1 0
areaper
captureunit POSC cu cu 1/m 0 0.1 1 0
volume

cuft
cubicfeet volume POSC ft3 m3 0 0.02831685 1 0
(Deprecated)
cuin
cubicinch volume POSC in3 m3 0 0.00001638706 1 0
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(Deprecated)
cuyd
cubicyard volume POSC 1/27ft3 m3 0 0.7645549 1 0
(Deprecated)
cubem
cubicmile volume POSC mi3 m3 0 4168182000 1 0
(Deprecated)
activity(of curie
curie POSC Ci Bq 0 37000000000 1 0
radioactivity) (Deprecated)
chevalvapeur power POSC CV W 0 735.499 1 0
energy
CVhours POSC CV.h J 0 2647796 1 0
work
UKhundredweight mass POSC cwtUK kg 0 50.80235 1 0
UShundredweight mass POSC cwtUS kg 0 45.35924 1 0
permeability
darcy POSC D D m2 0 0.000000000000986923 1 0
rock
day time POSC d d s 0 86400 1 0
permeability
darcyfoot POSC D.ft D.ft m3 0 0.0000000000003008141 1 0
length
permeability
darcymetre POSC D.m D.m m3 0 0.000000000000986923 1 0
length
timeper
dayperbarrel POSC d/bbl d/bbl s/m3 0 86400 0.1589873 0
volume
timeper
days/cubicfoot POSC d/ft3 d/ft3 s/m3 0 86400 0.028316846592 0
volume
dayperthousandcubic timeper
POSC d/k(ft3) s/m3 0 86400 28.316846592 0
feet volume
timeper
days/cubicmetre POSC d/m3 d/m3 s/m3 0 86400 1 0
volume
decanewtons force POSC daN N 0 10 1 0
momentof
force
decanewtonmetres momentof POSC daN.m J 0 10 1 0
couple
torque
density
APIgravity massdensity POSC dAPI dAPI kg/m3 141500 0 131.5 1
volumicmass
levelofpower
decibel POSC dB dB B 0 0.1 1 0
intensity
attenuationper
decibels/foot POSC dB/ft dB/ft B/m 0 0.1 0.3048 0
length

attenuationper
decibels/metre POSC dB/m dB/m B/m 0 0.1 1 0
length
attenuationper
decibels/kilometre POSC dB/km dB/km B/m 0 0.0001 1 0
length
decibels/octave attenuation POSC dB/O B/O 0 0.1 1 0
delta
changeindegreesCelsius POSC ddegC degC K 0 1 1 0
temperature
changeindegrees delta
POSC ddegF degF K 0 5 9 0
Fahrenheit temperature
delta
changeindegreesKelvin POSC ddegK K K 0 1 1 0
temperature
changeindegrees delta
POSC ddegR degR K 0 5 9 0
Rankine temperature
degreeofanangle planeangle POSC dega dega rad 0 0.01745329 1 0
degreesofanangle/100 angleper
POSC dega/100ft rad/m 0 0.01745329 30.48 0
feet length
degreesofanangleper angleper
POSC dega/30ft rad/m 0 0.01745329 9.144 0
thirtyfeet length
degreesofanangle/30 angleper
POSC dega/30m rad/m 0 0.01745329 30 0
metres length

angleper
degreesofanangle/foot POSC dega/ft dega/ft rad/m 0 0.01745329 0.3048 0
length
degreesofanangle/100 angleper dega/ft(100)
POSC rad/m 0 0.01745329 30.48 0
feet length (Deprecated)

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rotational
frequency
degreesofanangleper circular
POSC dega/h dega/h rad/s 0 0.01745329 3600 0
hour frequency
anglepertime
rotational
velocity
angleper
degreesofanangle/metre POSC dega/m dega/m rad/m 0 0.01745329 1 0
length
degreesofanangle/30 angleper dega/m(30)
POSC rad/m 0 0.01745329 30 0
metres length (Deprecated)
rotational
frequency
circular
degreesofan
frequency POSC dega/min dega/min rad/s 0 0.01745329 60 0
angle/minute
anglepertime
rotational
velocity
rotational
frequency
degreesofanangleper
circular POSC dega/s dega/s rad/s 0 0.01745329 1 0
second
frequency
anglepertime

thermodynamic
degreesCelsius POSC degC degC K 273.15 1 1 0
temperature
thermal
insulance
degreesCsquaremetres
coefficientof POSC degC.m2.h/kcal degC.m2.h/kcal K.m2/W 0 0.8604208 1 0
hours/kilocal
thermal
insulation
degreesCelsiusper temperatureper
POSC degC/100m K/m 0 0.01 1 0
hundredmetre length
temperatureper
degreesCelsiusperfoot POSC degC/ft degC/ft K/m 0 1 0.3048 0
length
temperatureper
degreesCelsiusperhour POSC degC/h degC/h K/s 0 1 3600 0
time
temperatureper
degreesCelsius/kilometre POSC degC/km degC/km K/m 0 0.001 1 0
length
temperatureper
degreesCelsius/metre POSC degC/m degC/m K/m 0 1 1 0
length
degreesCelsiusper temperatureper
POSC degC/min degC/min K/s 0 1 60 0
minute time
degreesCelsiusper temperatureper
POSC degC/s degC/s K/s 0 1 1 0
second time
thermodynamic
degreeFahrenheit POSC degF degF K 2298.35 5 9 0
temperature
thermal
insulance
degreesFsquarefeet
coefficientof POSC degF.ft2.h/Btu degF.ft2.h/Btu K.m2/W 0 0.1761102 1 0
hours/Btu
thermal
insulation
degreesFahrenheit/100 temperatureper
POSC degF/100ft K/m 0 0.01822689 1 0
feet. length
temperatureper
degreesFahrenheit/foot POSC degF/ft degF/ft K/m 0 1.822689 1 0
length
degreesFahrenheit/100 temperatureper degF/ft(100)
POSC K/m 0 0.01822689 1 0
feet. length (Deprecated)
degreesFahrenheitper temperatureper
POSC degF/h degF/h K/s 0 5 32400 0
hour time
degreesFahrenheitper temperatureper
POSC degF/m degF/m K/m 0 5 9 0
meter length
degreesFahrenheitper temperatureper
POSC degF/min degF/min K/s 0 5 540 0
minute time
degreesFahrenheitper temperatureper
POSC degF/s degF/s K/s 0 5 9 0
second time
thermodynamic
degreesRankine POSC degR degR K 0 5 9 0
temperature
length

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breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
decimetre curvature POSC dm dm m 0 0.1 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath
decimeterpersecond velocity POSC dm/s dm/s m/s 0 0.1 1 0
dm3
cubicdecimetre volume POSC dm3 m3 0 0.001 1 0
L
cubicdecimetres/100 volumeper
POSC dm3/100km m2 0 0.00000001 1 0
kilometres length
cubic specificvolume
POSC dm3/kg dm3/kg m3/kg 0 0.001 1 0
decimetres/kilogram massicvolume
cubicdecimetres/100 volumeper dm3/km(100)
POSC m2 0 0.00000001 1 0
kilometres length (Deprecated)
cubicdecimetres/kilowatt isothermal
POSC dm3/kW.h dm3/kW.h m3/J 0 0.0000000002777778 1 0
hour compressibility
volumeper
cubicdecimetres/metre POSC dm3/m dm3/m m2 0 0.001 1 0
length
cubicdecimetres/cubic volumeper
POSC dm3/m3 dm3/m3 Euc 0 0.001 1 0
metre volume
cubic isothermal
POSC dm3/MJ dm3/MJ m3/J 0 0.000000001 1 0
decimetres/megajoule compressibility
cubic
molarvolume POSC dm3/kmol m3/mol 0 0.000001 1 0
decimetres/kilogrammole
cubic dm3/mol(kg)
molarvolume POSC dm3/mol m3/mol 0 0.001 1 0
decimetres/kilogrammole (Deprecated)
volumeflow
cubicdecimetres/second POSC dm3/s dm3/s m3/s 0 0.001 1 0
rate
cubic volumeper
POSC dm3/s2 dm3/s2 m3/s2 0 0.001 1 0
decimetres/second/second timepertime
specificvolume
cubicdecimetres/ton POSC dm3/t dm3/t m3/kg 0 0.000001 1 0
massicvolume

momentof
force
decinewtonmetres momentof POSC dN.m dN.m J 0 0.1 1 0
couple
torque
dynes force POSC dyne N 0 0.00001 1 0
dynecentimetresquared forcearea POSC dyne.cm2 N.m2 0 0.000000001 1 0
dyneseconds/square dynamic
POSC dyne.s/cm2 Pa.s 0 0.1 1 0
centimetre viscosity
dynes/centimetre forceperlength POSC dyne/cm N/m 0 0.001 1 0
forceperarea
dynes/squarecentimetre POSC dyne/cm2 .1Pa Pa 0 0.1 1 0
pressure
dynes/centimetre
parachor POSC (dyne/cm)4/gcm3 (dyne/cm)4/gcm3 N4/kg.m7 0 0.001 1 0
fourth/gramcmcubed
newton/metre
fourth/kilogrammetre parachor POSC (N/m)4/kg.m3 (N/m)4/kg.m3 N4/kg.m7 0 1 1 0
cubed
electrichorsepower power POSC ehp ehp W 0 746 1 0
energy
exajoule POSC EJ EJ J 0 1E+018 1 0
work
exajoules/year heatflowrate POSC EJ/a EJ/a W 0 31687540000 1 0

equivalentper
equivalents/Liter POSC eq/L eq/L eq/m3 0 1000 1 0
volume
energy
ergs POSC erg J 0 0.0000001 1 0
work
ergs/year heatflowrate POSC erg/a W 0 0.0000001 31558150 0

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ergs/squarecentimetre energyperarea POSC erg/cm2 mN/m N/m 0 0.001 1 0
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
ergs/cubiccentimetre POSC erg/cm3 J/m3 0 0.1 1 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
ergs/gram specificenergy POSC erg/g J/kg 0 0.0001 1 0
ergs/kilogram specificenergy POSC erg/kg J/kg 0 0.0000001 1 0
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
ergs/cubicmetre POSC erg/m3 J/m3 0 0.0000001 1 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
energy
electronvolts POSC eV eV J 0 1.602177E019 1 0
work
depth
fathoms POSC fathom m 0 1.8288 1 0
length
electric
capacity
femtocoulomb POSC fC fC C 0 1E015 1 0
electriccharge
electricflux
flozUK
UKfluidounce volume POSC m3 0 0.00002841308 1 0
(Deprecated)
flozUS
USfluidounces volume POSC m3 0 0.00002957353 1 0
(Deprecated)
operationsper
flops POSC flops 1/s 1/s 0 1 1 0
time
UKfluidounce volume POSC flozUK m3 0 0.00002841308 1 0
USfluidounces volume POSC flozUS m3 0 0.00002957353 1 0
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
curvature
femtometer POSC fm fm m 0 1E015 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath
footcandles illuminance POSC footcandle lx 0 10.76391 1 0
footcandleseconds lightexposure POSC footcandle.s lx.s 0 10.76391 1 0
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
curvature
foot POSC ft ft m 0 0.3048 1 0
Cartesian

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coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath
momentof
force
footpoundsforce momentof POSC ft.lbf ft.lbf J 0 1.355818 1 0
couple
torque
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
footpoundsforce/barrel POSC ft.lbf/bbl ft.lbf/bbl J/m3 0 1.355818 0.1589873 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
footpoundsforce/US rigidity
POSC ft.lbf/galUS ft.lbf/galUS J/m3 0 358.1692 1 0
gallon bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
footpoundsforce/pound
specificenergy POSC ft.lbf/lbm ft.lbf/lbm J/kg 0 1.355818 0.4535924 0
mass
footpoundsforce/minute heatflowrate POSC ft.lbf/min ft.lbf/min W 0 0.02259697 1 0
footpoundsforce/second heatflowrate POSC ft.lbf/s ft.lbf/s W 0 1.355818 1 0
footpoundmass masslength POSC ft.lbm ft.lbm kg.m 0 0.1382549 1 0
linearstrain
relative
elongation
scale
feetper100feet linear POSC ft/100ft Euc 0 0.01 1 0
concentration
lengthper
length
lengthper
feet/barrel POSC ft/bbl ft/bbl 1/m2 0 1.917134 1 0
volume
feet/day velocity POSC ft/d ft/d m/s 0 0.3048 86400 0
lengthper
feet/degreeFahrenheit POSC ft/degF ft/degF m/K 0 0.54864 1 0
temperature
linearstrain
relative
elongation
scale
feetperfeet POSC ft/ft ft/ft Euc 0 1 1 0
linear
concentration
lengthper
length
lengthper
feet/cubicfoot POSC ft/ft3 ft/ft3 1/m2 0 10.76391 1 0
volume
lengthper
feet/USgallon POSC ft/galUS ft/galUS 1/m2 0 80.51964 1 0
volume
feet/hour velocity POSC ft/h ft/h m/s 0 0.3048 3600 0
scale

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feet/inch lengthper POSC ft/in ft/in Euc 0 12 1 0
length
linearstrain
relative
elongation
scale
feet/metre POSC ft/m ft/m Euc 0 0.3048 1 0
linear
concentration
lengthper
length
linearstrain
relative
elongation
scale
feet/mile POSC ft/mi ft/mi Euc 0 1 5280 0
linear
concentration
lengthper
length
feet/minute velocity POSC ft/min ft/min m/s 0 0.3048 60 0
footpermillisecond velocity POSC ft/ms ft/ms m/s 0 304.8 1 0
feet/second velocity POSC ft/s ft/s m/s 0 0.3048 1 0
acceleration
feet/secondsquared POSC ft/s2 ft/s2 m/s2 0 0.3048 1 0
linear
footpermicrosecond velocity POSC ft/us ft/us m/s 0 304800 1 0
squarefoot area POSC ft2 ft2 m2 0 0.09290304 1 0
kinematic
viscosity
squarefeet/hour thermal POSC ft2/h ft2/h m2/s 0 0.09290304 3600 0
diffusivity
areapertime
areaper
squarefeet/cubicinch POSC ft2/in3 ft2/in3 1/m 0 5669.291 1 0
volume
kinematic
viscosity
squarefeet/second thermal POSC ft2/s ft2/s m2/s 0 0.09290304 1 0
diffusivity
areapertime
cubicfeet volume POSC ft3 ft3 m3 0 0.02831685 1 0
cubicfeetatstandard standard ft3(std,60F)
POSC scm(15C) 0 0.0011953 1 0
conditions volume (Deprecated)
volumeper
cubicfeet/barrel POSC ft3/bbl ft3/bbl Euc 0 0.02831685 0.1589873 0
volume

volumeflow
cubicfeet/day POSC ft3/d ft3/d m3/s 0 0.02831685 86400 0
rate
unit
cubicfeet/dayfootpsi productivity POSC ft3/d.ft.psi ft3/d.ft.psi m2/Pa.s 0 0.09290304 5957067005 0
index
volumeper
cubicfeet/day/day POSC ft3/d2 ft3/d2 m3/s2 0 0.02831685 7464960000 0
timepertime
volumeper
cubicfeet/foot POSC ft3/ft ft3/ft m2 0 0.09290304 1 0
length
volumeper
cubicfeet/cubicfoot POSC ft3/ft3 ft3/ft3 Euc 0 1 1 0
volume
volumeflow
cubicfeet/hour POSC ft3/h ft3/h m3/s 0 0.02831685 3600 0
rate
volumeper
cubicfeet/hour/hour POSC ft3/h2 ft3/h2 m3/s2 0 0.02831685 12960000 0
timepertime
specificvolume
cubicfeetperkilogram POSC ft3/kg ft3/kg m3/kg 0 0.02831685 1 0
massicvolume
specificvolume
cubicfeet/poundmass POSC ft3/lbm ft3/lbm m3/kg 0 0.06242796 1 0
massicvolume
volumeflow
cubicfeet/minute POSC ft3/min ft3/min m3/s 0 0.02831685 60 0
rate
volumeper
cubicfeet/minsquarefoot POSC ft3/min.ft2 ft3/min.ft2 m/s 0 0.3048 60 0
timeperarea
volumeper
cubicfeet/minute/minute POSC ft3/min2 ft3/min2 m3/s2 0 0.02831685 3600 0
timepertime

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cubicfeet/mole(pound molarvolume POSC ft3/lbmole m3/mol 0 0.00006242796 1 0
mass)
cubicfeet/mole(pound ft3/mol(lbm)
molarvolume POSC m3/mol 0 0.06242796 1 0
mass) (Deprecated)
volumeflow
cubicfeet/second POSC ft3/s ft3/s m3/s 0 0.02831685 1 0
rate
cubicfeet/secondsquare volumeper
POSC ft3/s.ft2 ft3/s.ft2 m/s 0 0.3048 1 0
foot timeperarea
volumeper
cubicfeet/second/second POSC ft3/s2 ft3/s2 m3/s2 0 0.02831685 1 0
timepertime
cubicfeetper94pound specificvolume
POSC ft3/sack94 m3/kg 0 0.02831685 42.63769 0
sack massicvolume
volumeper
cubicfeet/stdcubicfoot,
standard POSC ft3/scf(60F) m3/scm(15C) 0 1 1 0
60degF
volume
length
depth
BritishFoot(Benoit1895
Cartesian POSC ftBnA m 0 0.9143992 3 0
A)
coordinates
distance
length
depth
BritishFoot(Benoit1895
Cartesian POSC ftBnB m 0 12 39.370113 0
B)
coordinates
distance
length
depth
BritishFoot1865 Cartesian POSC ftBr(65) m 0 0.9144025 3 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
ImperialFoot Cartesian POSC ftCla ftCla m 0 0.304797265 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Cartesian
GoldCoastFoot POSC ftGC m 0 6378300 20926201 0
coordinates
distance

length
depth
IndianFoot Cartesian POSC ftInd m 0 12 39.370142 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
IndianFoot,1937 Cartesian POSC ftInd(37) m 0 0.30479841 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
IndianFoot,1962 Cartesian POSC ftInd(62) m 0 0.3047996 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
IndianFoot,1975 Cartesian POSC ftInd(75) m 0 0.3047995 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
ModifiedAmericanFoot Cartesian POSC ftMA ftAM m 0 0.304812253 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
SearsFoot Cartesian POSC ftSe m 0 12 39.370147 0
coordinates
distance

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length
depth
USSurveyFoot Cartesian POSC ftUS ftUS m 0 12 39.37 0
coordinates
distance
gram mass POSC g g kg 0 0.001 1 0
gramfeet/cubic masspertime
POSC g.ft/cm3.s g.ft/cm3.s kg/m2.s 0 0.0003048 0.000001 0
centimetresecond perarea
density
grams/cubiccentimetre massdensity POSC g/cm3 g/cm3 kg/m3 0 1000 1 0
volumicmass
massper
grams/centimetrefourth volumeper POSC g/cm4 g/cm4 kg/m4 0 100000 1 0
length

density
grams/cubicdecimetre massdensity POSC g/dm3 g/dm3 kg/m3 0 1 1 0
volumicmass
density
grams/UKgallon massdensity POSC g/galUK g/galUK kg/m3 0 0.2199692 1 0
volumicmass
density
grams/USgallon massdensity POSC g/galUS g/galUS kg/m3 0 0.264172 1 0
volumicmass
mass
grams/kilogram POSC g/kg g/kg Euc 0 0.001 1 0
concentration
density
grams/litre massdensity POSC g/L g/L kg/m3 0 1 1 0
volumicmass

density
grams/cubicmetre massdensity POSC g/m3 g/m3 kg/m3 0 0.001 1 0
volumicmass
grams/second massflowrate POSC g/s g/s kg/s 0 0.001 1 0
gigayears time POSC Ga s 0 3.155815E+016 1 0
acceleration
galileo POSC Gal m/s2 0 0.01 1 0
linear
specificvolume gal/sack
USgallons/94lbsack POSC m3/kg 0 0.003785412 42.63769 0
massicvolume (Deprecated)
UKgallon volume POSC galUK galUK m3 0 0.004546092 1 0
volumeflow
UKgallonsperday POSC galUK/d galUK/d m3/s 0 0.004549092 86400 0
rate
volumeper
UKgallons/cubicfoot POSC galUK/ft3 galUK/ft3 Euc 0 0.1605437 1 0
volume
volumeflow
UKgallons/hour POSC galUK/hr galUK/h m3/s 0 0.004549092 3600 0
rate
volumeper
UKgallons/hourfoot POSC galUK/hr.ft galUK/h.ft m2/s 0 0.000004143055 1 0
timeperlength
UKgallons/hoursquare volumeper
POSC galUK/hr.ft2 galUK/h.ft2 m/s 0 0.0000135927 1 0
foot timeperarea
volumeper
UKgallons/hourinch POSC galUK/hr.in galUK/h.in m2/s 0 0.00004971667 1 0
timeperlength
UKgallons/hoursquare volumeper
POSC galUK/hr.in2 galUK/h.in2 m/s 0 0.001957349 1 0
inch timeperarea
volumeper
UKgallons/hour/hour POSC galUK/hr2 galUK/h2 m3/s2 0 0.004546092 12960000 0
timepertime
UKgallonsperthousand volumeper
POSC galUK/kgalUK Euc 0 0.001 1 0
UKgallons volume
specificvolume
UKgallons/poundmass POSC galUK/lbm galUK/lbm m3/kg 0 0.01002242 1 0
massicvolume

volumeper
UKgallons/1000barrels POSC galUK/Mbbl Euc 0 0.00002859406 1 0
volume
volumeper
UKgallons/mile POSC galUK/mi galUK/mi m2 0 0.004546092 1609.344 0
length
volumeflow
UKgallons/minute POSC galUK/min galUK/min m3/s 0 0.004549092 60 0
rate
volumeper
UKgallons/minutefoot POSC galUK/min.ft galUK/min.ft m2/s 0 0.0002485333 1 0
timeperlength
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UKgallons/minutesquare volumeper
POSC galUK/min.ft2 galUK/min.ft2 m/s 0 0.0008155621 1 0
foot timeperarea
UK volumeper
POSC galUK/min2 galUK/min2 m3/s2 0 0.004546092 3600 0
gallons/minute/minute timepertime
USgallons volume POSC galUS galUS m3 0 0.003785412 1 0
volumeper
USgallonspertenbarrels POSC galUS/10bbl Euc 0 0.002380952381 1 0
volume
volumeper
USgallons/barrels POSC galUS/bbl galUS/bbl Euc 0 0.02380952381 1 0
volume
volumeflow
USgallonsperday POSC galUS/d galUS/d m3/s 0 0.003785412 86400 0
rate
volumeper
USgallons/foot POSC galUS/ft galUS/ft m2 0 0.003785412 0.3048 0
length
volumeper
USgallons/cubicfoot POSC galUS/ft3 galUS/ft3 Euc 0 0.1336806 1 0
volume
volumeflow
USgallons/hour POSC galUS/hr galUS/h m3/s 0 0.003785412 3600 0
rate
volumeper
USgallons/foothour POSC galUS/hr.ft galUS/h.ft m2/s 0 0.000003449814 1 0
timeperlength
USgallons/hoursquare volumeper
POSC galUS/hr.ft2 galUS/h.ft2 m/s 0 0.00001131829 1 0
foot timeperarea
volumeper
USgallons/hourinch POSC galUS/hr.in galUS/h.in m2/s 0 0.00004139776 1 0
timeperlength
USgallons/hoursquare volumeper
inch timeperarea POSC galUS/hr.in2 galUS/h.in2 m/s 0 0.001629833 1 0

volumeper
USgallons/hour/hour POSC galUS/hr2 galUS/h2 m3/s2 0 0.003785412 12960000 0
timepertime
USgallonsperthousand volumeper
POSC galUS/kgalUS Euc 0 0.001 1 0
USgallons volume
specificvolume
USgallons/poundmass POSC galUS/lbm galUS/lbm m3/kg 0 0.008345404 1 0
massicvolume
volumeper
USgallons/1000barrels POSC galUS/Mbbl Euc 0 0.00002380952 1 0
volume

volumeper
USgallons/mile POSC galUS/mi galUS/mi m2 0 0.003785412 1609.344 0
length
volumeflow
USgallons/minute POSC galUS/min galUS/min m3/s 0 0.003785412 60 0
rate
volumeper
USgallons/minutefoot POSC galUS/min.ft galUS/min.ft m2/s 0 0.0002069888 1 0
timeperlength
USgallons/minutesquare volumeper
POSC galUS/min.ft2 galUS/min.ft2 m/s 0 0.0006790972 1 0
foot timeperarea
US volumeper
POSC galUS/min2 galUS/min2 m3/s2 0 0.003785412 3600 0
gallons/minute/minute timepertime
volumeper
USgals/1000stdcubic
standard POSC galUS/Mscf(60F) m3/scm(15C) 0 0.003785412 28.262357 0
feet,60degF
volume
specificvolume
USgallons/94lbsack POSC galUS/sack94 m3/kg 0 0.003785412 42.63769 0
massicvolume
specificvolume
USgallons/UKton POSC galUS/tonUK galUS/tonUK m3/kg 0 0.000003725627 1 0
massicvolume
specificvolume
USgallons/USton POSC galUS/tonUS galUS/tonUS m3/kg 0 0.000004172702 1 0
massicvolume
linearelectric
currentdensity
gamma magneticfield POSC gamma A/m 0 0.0007957747 1 0
strength
magnetization
magnetic
induction
gauss POSC gauss T 0 0.0001 1 0
magneticflux
density
activity(of
gigabecquerel POSC GBq GBq Bq 0 1000000000 1 0
radioactivity)
energy
billionsofelectronvolts POSC GeV GeV J 0 0.000000000160219 1 0
work

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gramforce force POSC gf gf N 0 0.00980665 1 0
gigahertz frequency POSC GHz GHz rad/s 0 6283185307 1 0
energy
gigajoule POSC GJ GJ J 0 1000000000 1 0
work
acceleration
gravity POSC gn gn m/s2 0 9.80665 1 0
linear
resistance
gigaohm POSC Gohm Gohm ohm 0 1000000000 1 0
impedance
gons planeangle POSC gon rad 0 0.015707963268 1 0
forceperarea
gigapascal POSC GPa GPa Pa 0 1000000000 1 0
pressure
forceper
volume
gigapascalpercentimeter POSC GPa/cm GPa/cm Pa/m 0 100000000000 1 0
pressureper
length
pressure
gigapascalsquared POSC GPa2 GPa2 Pa2 0 1E+018 1 0
squared
grad planeangle POSC gr rad 0 0.015707963268 1 0
Grad
gigaradian planeangle POSC Grad rad 0 1000000000 1 0
(Deprecated)
grain mass POSC grain kg 0 0.00006479891 1 0

density
grains/100cubicfeet massdensity POSC grain/100ft3 kg/m3 0 0.00002288352 1 0
volumicmass
density
grains/cubicfoot massdensity POSC grain/ft3 kg/m3 0 0.002288352 1 0
volumicmass
density
grain/ft3(100)
grains/100cubicfeet massdensity POSC kg/m3 0 0.00002288352 1 0
(Deprecated)
volumicmass
density
grains/USgallon massdensity POSC grain/galUS kg/m3 0 0.01711806 1 0
volumicmass
electric
conductance
gigasiemens POSC GS GS S 0 1000000000 1 0
admittance
susceptance
gigastandardcubic standard
POSC Gsm3 scm(15C) 0 1000000000 1 0
metres15C volume
power
gigawatt POSC GW GW W 0 1000000000 1 0
heatflowrate
energy
gigawatthour POSC GW.h GW.h J 0 3600000000000 1 0
work
hour time POSC h h s 0 3600 1 0
timeper
hours/cubicfoot POSC h/ft3 h/ft3 s/m3 0 3600 0.028316846592 0
volume
hourperthousandfoot timeperlength POSC h/kft s/m 0 3600 304.8 0
hourperkilometer timeperlength POSC h/km h/km s/m 0 3.6 1 0
timeper
hourpercubicmeter POSC h/m3 h/m3 s/m3 0 3600 1 0
volume
hectare area POSC ha ha m2 0 10000 1 0
hectaremetres volume POSC ha.m ha.m m3 0 10000 1 0
forceperarea
hectobar POSC hbar hbar Pa 0 10000000 1 0
pressure
hydraulichorsepower power POSC hhp hhp W 0 746.043 1 0
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
(hydraulic)horsepower fluencerate
POSC hhp/in2 hhp/in2 W/m2 0 746.043 0.00064516 0
persquareinch radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
hectoliter volume POSC hL hL m3 0 0.1 1 0

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horsepower power POSC hp hp W 0 745.6999 1 0
energy
horsepowerhour POSC hp.hr hp.h J 0 2684520 1 0
work
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
horsepowerhours/barrel bulkmodulus POSC hp.hr/bbl hp.h/bbl J/m3 0 2684520 0.1589873 0
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
horsepowerhours/pound
specificenergy POSC hp.hr/lbm hp.h/lbm J/kg 0 2684520 0.4535924 0
mass
powerper
horsepower/cubicfoot POSC hp/ft3 hp/ft3 W/m3 0 26334.14 1 0
volume
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
horsepowerpersquare fluencerate
POSC hp/in2 hp/in2 W/m2 0 745.6999 0.00064516 0
inch radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
hundredseconds time POSC hs s 0 100 1 0
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
curvature
inch POSC in in m 0 0.0254 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
tenthofaninch POSC in/10 m 0 0.00254 1 0
radiusof
curvature
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
16thofaninch radiusof POSC in/16 1/16in m 0 0.0015875 1 0
curvature
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter

length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
32ndofaninch radiusof POSC in/32 1/32in m 0 0.00079375 1 0

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curvature
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
64thofaninch POSC in/64 1/64in m 0 0.000396875 1 0
radiusof
curvature
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
inches/year velocity POSC in/a in/a m/s 0 0.0254 31558150 0
inches/inchdegree linearthermal
POSC in/in.degF in/in.degF 1/K 0 1.8 1 0
Fahrenheit expansion
inches/minute velocity POSC in/min in/min m/s 0 0.0254 60 0
inches/second velocity POSC in/s in/s m/s 0 0.0254 1 0
squareinches area POSC in2 in2|sqin m2 0 0.00064516 1 0
areaperarea
squareinches/squarefoot POSC in2/ft2 in2/ft2 Euc 0 1 144 0
shearstrain
areaperarea
squareinches/squareinch POSC in2/in2 in2/in2 Euc 0 1 1 0
shearstrain
kinematic
viscosity
squareinches/second thermal POSC in2/s in2/s m2/s 0 0.00064516 1 0
diffusivity
areapertime
cubicinches volume POSC in3 in3|cuin m3 0 0.00001638706 1 0
volumeper
cubicinches/foot POSC in3/ft in3/ft m2 0 0.000016387064 0.3048 0
length
secondmoment
inchestothefourth POSC in4 in4 m4 0 0.0000004162314 1 0
ofarea
inchesofwaterat39.2 forceperarea
POSC inH2O(39.2F) Pa 0 249.082 1 0
degF pressure
inchesofwaterat60deg forceperarea
POSC inH2O(60F) Pa 0 248.84 1 0
F pressure
inchesofmercuryat32 forceperarea
POSC inHg(32F) Pa 0 3386.38 1 0
degF pressure
inchesofmercuryat60 forceperarea
POSC inHg(60F) Pa 0 3376.85 1 0
degF pressure
length
depth
USSurveyinch Cartesian POSC inUS inUS m 0 1 39.37 0
coordinates
distance
joules/squarecentimetre energyperarea POSC J/cm2 J/cm2 N/m 0 10000 1 0
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
joules/cubicdecimetre POSC J/dm3 J/dm3 J/m3 0 1000 1 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

joules/gram specificenergy POSC J/g J/g J/kg 0 1000 1 0


specificheat
joules/gramdegree capacity
POSC J/g.K J/g.K J/kg.K 0 1000 1 0
Kelvin massicheat
capacity
energyper
joules/metre POSC J/m J/m N 0 1 1 0

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length
joules/squaremetre energyperarea POSC J/m2 J/m2 N/m 0 1 1 0
joules/secondsquare heattransfer
POSC J/s.m2.degC J/s.m2.degC W/m2.K 0 1 1 0
metredegC coefficient
thermal
insulance
degreesKelvinsquare
coefficientof POSC K.m2/kW K.m2/kW K.m2/W 0 0.001 1 0
metres/kilowatt
thermal
insulation
electriccurrent
magnetic
potential
kiloampere POSC kA kA A 0 1000 1 0
difference
magnetomotive
force
volumeflow
thousandbarrelsperday POSC kbbl/d m3/s 0 158.9873 86400 0
rate
kilobyte digitalstorage POSC kbyte byte 0 1024 1 0
electric
capacity
kilocoulombs POSC kC kC C 0 1000 1 0
electriccharge
electricflux
energy
kilocalories POSC kcal kcal J 0 4184 1 0
work
kilocaloriemetres/square energylength
POSC kcal.m/cm2 kcal.m/cm2 N 0 4184 0.0001 0
centimetre perarea
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
kilocalories/cubic rigidity
POSC kcal/cm3 kcal/cm3 J/m3 0 4184 0.000001 0
centimetre bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

kilocalories/gram specificenergy POSC kcal/g kcal/g J/kg 0 4184 0.001 0


kilocalories/hour power POSC kcal/h kcal/h W 0 1.162222 1 0
kilocalories/hourmetre thermal
POSC kcal/h.m.degC kcal/h.m.degC W/m.K 0 1.162222 1 0
degreeCelsius conductivity
kilocalorie/hoursquare heattransfer
POSC kcal/h.m2.degC kcal/h.m2.degC W/m2.K 0 1.162222 1 0
metredegC coefficient
kilocalories/kilogram specificenergy POSC kcal/kg kcal/kg J/kg 0 4184 1 0
specificheat
kilocalories/kilogram capacity
POSC kcal/kg.degC kcal/kg.degC J/kg.K 0 4184 1 0
degreeCelsius massicheat
capacity
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
kilocalroies/cubicmetre bulkmodulus POSC kcal/m3 kcal/m3 J/m3 0 4184 1 0
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

molar
thermodynamic
energy
chemical
kilocalories/mole(gram) POSC kcal/mol J/mol 0 4184 1 0

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potential
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
molar
thermodynamic
energy
chemical kcal/mol(g)
kilocalories/mole(gram) POSC J/mol 0 4184000 1 0
potential (Deprecated)
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
luminous
kilocandela POSC kcd kcd cd 0 1000 1 0
intensity
kilkodynes force POSC kdyne N 0 0.01 1 0
thousandpersecond pertime POSC kEuc/s 1/s 0 1000 1 0
energy
kiloelectronvolts POSC keV keV J 0 1.60217733E016 1 0
work
momentof
force
thousandfootpounds
momentof POSC kft.lbf J 0 1355818 1 0
force
couple
torque
thousandfeetperhour velocity POSC kft/h m/s 0 304.8 3600 0
thousandfeetpersecond velocity POSC kft/s m/s 0 304.8 1 0
kilogrammetres/square
massperlength POSC kg.m/cm2 kg.m/cm2 kg/m 0 10000 1 0
centimetre
kilogramperday massflowrate POSC kg/d kg/d kg/s 0 1 86400 0
density
kilograms/cubic
massdensity POSC kg/dm3 kg/dm3 kg/m3 0 1000 1 0
decimetre
volumicmass
massper
kilograms/decimetre
volumeper POSC kg/dm4 kg/dm4 kg/m4 0 10000 1 0
fourth
length
kilograms/hour massflowrate POSC kg/h kg/h kg/s 0 1 3600 0
mass
kilograms/kilogram POSC kg/kg kg/kg Euc 0 1 1 0
concentration
massper
kilograms/kilowatthour POSC kg/kW.h kg/kW.h kg/J 0 1 3600000 0
energy
density
kilogramperlitre massdensity POSC kg/L kg/L kg/m3 0 1000 1 0
volumicmass
masspertime
kilograms/metresecond POSC kg/m.s kg/m.s Pa.s 0 1 1 0
perlength
kilogrampermin massflowrate POSC kg/min kg/min kg/s 0 1 60 0
massper
kilograms/megajoule POSC kg/MJ kg/MJ kg/J 0 0.000001 1 0
energy
kilogramper94pound mass
POSC kg/sack94 Euc 0 1 42.63769 0
sack concentration
kilogramforce force POSC kgf kgf N 0 9.80665 1 0
momentof
force
kilogramforcemetres momentof POSC kgf.m kgf.m J 0 9.80665 1 0
couple
torque

kilogramforce
energyperarea POSC kgf.m/cm2 kgf.m/cm2 N/m 0 98066.5 1 0
metres/squarecentimetre
kilogramsforce forcelengthper
POSC kgf.m/m kgf.m/m N 0 9.80665 1 0
metres/metre length
kilogramforcemetres
forcearea POSC kgf.m2 kgf.m2 N.m2 0 9.80665 1 0
squared
kilogramsforce dynamic
POSC kgf.s/m2 kgf.s/m2 Pa.s 0 9.80665 1 0
seconds/squaremetre viscosity
kilograms
forceperlength POSC kgf/cm kgf/cm N/m 0 9.80665 0.01 0
force/centimetre
kilogrampersquare forceperarea
POSC kgf/cm2 kgf/cm2 Pa 0 9.80665 0.0001 0
centimeter pressure
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kilogramforceper
forceperforce POSC kgf/kgf kgf/kgf Euc 0 1 1 0
kilogramforce
kilogramforce/square forceperarea
POSC kgf/mm2 kgf/mm2 Pa 0 9.80665 0.000001 0
millimetre pressure
kilohertz frequency POSC kHz kHz rad/s 0 6283.185307 1 0
energy
kilojoules POSC kJ kJ J 0 1000 1 0
work
energylength
kilojoulemetres/hoursq
pertimearea POSC kJ.m/h.m2.K kJ.m/h.m2.K W/m.K 0 1 3.6 0
metredegK
temperature
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
kilojoules/cubic rigidity
POSC kJ/dm3 kJ/dm3 J/m3 0 1000000 1 0
decimetre bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
kilojoules/hoursquare heattransfer
POSC kJ/h.m2.K kJ/h.m2.K W/m2.K 0 1000 3600 0
metredegK coefficient
kilojoule/kilogram specificenergy POSC kJ/kg kJ/kg J/kg 0 1000 1 0
specificheat
kilojoules/kilogram capacity
POSC kJ/kg.K kJ/kg.K J/kg.K 0 1000 1 0
degreeKelvin massicheat
capacity
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
kilojoule/cubicmetre POSC kJ/m3 kJ/m3 J/m3 0 1000 1 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

molar
thermodynamic
energy
chemical
kilojoule/mole(kilogram) POSC kJ/kmol kJ/mol J/mol 0 1.0 1 0
potential
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
molar
thermodynamic
energy
chemical kJ/mol(kg)
kilojoule/mole(kilogram) potential POSC kJ/mol J/mol 0 1000 1 0
(Deprecated)
affinityofa
chemical
reaction

molarheat
capacity
kilojoules/mole
molarentropy POSC kJ/kmol.K kJ/kmol.K J/mol.K 0 1.0 1 0
(kilogram)degK
molargas
constant

molarheat
capacity
kilojoules/mole kJ/mol(kg).K
molarentropy POSC kJ/mol.K J/mol.K 0 1000 1 0
(kilogram)degK (Deprecated)
molargas
constant
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thousandpoundsforce force POSC klbf N 0 4448.222 1 0


thousandpoundsmass mass POSC klbm kg 0 453.5924 1 0
thousandpoundsmass massperlength
POSC klbm/in kg/m 0 453.5924 0.0254 0
perinch lineardensity
kilolux illuminance POSC klx klx lx 0 1000 1 0
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
curvature
kilometre POSC km km m 0 1000 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath

scale
kilometre/centimetre lengthper POSC km/cm km/cm Euc 0 100000 1 0
length
kilometres/cubic lengthper
POSC km/dm3 km/dm3 1/m2 0 1000000 1 0
decimetre volume
kilometres/hour velocity POSC km/h km/h m/s 0 1 3.6 0
lengthper
kilometres/litre POSC km/L km/L 1/m2 0 1000000 1 0
volume
kilometerpersecond velocity POSC km/s km/s m/s 0 1000 1 0
squarekilometres area POSC km2 km2 m2 0 1000000 1 0
cubickilometres volume POSC km3 km3 m3 0 1000000000 1 0
amountof
kilomole POSC kmol kmol mol 0 1000 1 0
substance
kilonewtons force POSC kN kN N 0 1000 1 0
momentof
force
kilonewtonmetres momentof POSC kN.m kN.m J 0 1000 1 0
couple
torque
kilonewtonmetres
forcearea POSC kN.m2 kN.m2 N.m2 0 1000 1 0
squared
kilonewtons/metre forceperlength POSC kN/m kN/m N/m 0 1000 1 0
forceperarea
kilonewtons/squaremetre POSC kN/m2 kN/m2 Pa 0 1000 1 0
pressure
knots velocity POSC knot m/s 0 1852 3600 0
resistance
kilohm POSC kohm kohm ohm 0 1000 1 0
impedance
electrical
kiloohmmetre POSC kohm.m kohm.m ohm.m 0 1000 1 0
resistivity
forceperarea
kilopascals pressure POSC kPa kPa Pa 0 1000 1 0

masspertime
kilopascalseconds/metre POSC kPa.s/m kPa.s/m kg/m2.s 0 1000 1 0
perarea

forceper
kilopascalperhundred volume
POSC kPa/100m kPa/hm Pa/m 0 10 1 0
meter pressureper
length
pressureper
kilopascalperhour POSC kPa/h kPa/h Pa/s 0 1000 3600 0
time
forceper
volume
kilopascals/metre POSC kPa/m kPa/m Pa/m 0 1000 1 0
pressureper
length
pressureper
kilopascalpermin POSC kPa/min kPa/min Pa/s 0 1000 60 0
time
pressure
kilopascalsquared POSC kPa2 kPa2 Pa2 0 1000000 1 0
squared
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pressure
kilopascalsquaredper squaredper
POSC kPa2/cP kPa2/cP Pa/s 0 1000000000 1 0
centipoise (dynamic
viscosity)
pressure
kilopascalsquaredper squaredper
POSC kPa2/kcP Pa/s 0 1000000 1 0
thousandcentipoise (dynamic
viscosity)
thousandpoundsper forceperarea
POSC kpsi Pa 0 6894757 1 0
squareinch pressure
thousandpoundper pressure
POSC kpsi2 Pa2 0 47537674000000 1 0
squareinch,squared squared
kiloradian planeangle POSC krad rad 0 1000 1 0
electric
conductance
kilosiemens POSC kS kS S 0 1000 1 0
admittance
susceptance
kilostandardcubic standard
POSC ksm3 scm(15C) 0 1000 1 0
metres15C volume
standard
thousandstdcubic
volumeper POSC ksm3/d scm(15C)/s 0 1000 86400 0
metres/day
time
1000stdcubicmetres/std volumeper
POSC ksm3/sm3 Euc 0 1000 1 0
cubicmetre volume
electric
kilovolt POSC kV kV V 0 1000 1 0
potential
power
kilowatts POSC kW kW W 0 1000 1 0
heatflowrate
energy
kilowatthours POSC kW.h kW.h J 0 3600000 1 0
work

normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
kilowatthours/decimetre POSC kW.h/dm3 kW.h/dm3 J/m3 0 3600000 0.001 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
kilowatthours/kilogram specificenergy POSC kW.h/kg kW.h/kg J/kg 0 3600000 1 0
specificheat
kilowatthours/kilogram capacity
POSC kW.h/kg.degC kW.h/kg.degC J/kg.K 0 3600000 1 0
degreeC massicheat
capacity
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
kilowatthours/cubic rigidity
bulkmodulus POSC kW.h/m3 kW.h/m3 J/m3 0 3600000 1 0
metres
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
kilowatts/square fluencerate
POSC kW/cm2 kW/cm2 W/m2 0 10000000 1 0
centimetre radiantexitance
irradiance

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soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
fluencerate
kilowatts/squaremetre POSC kW/m2 kW/m2 W/m2 0 1000 1 0
radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate

kilowatts/squaremetre heattransfer
POSC kW/m2.K kW/m2.K W/m2.K 0 1000 1 0
degreeKelvin coefficient
powerper
kilowatts/cubicmetre POSC kW/m3 kW/m3 W/m3 0 1000 1 0
volume
volumetricheat
killowatts/cubicmetre
transfer POSC kW/m3.K kW/m3.K W/m3.K 0 1000 1 0
degreeKelvin
coefficient
L
litre volume POSC L m3 0 0.001 1 0
dm3
literperhundred specificvolume
POSC L/100kg m3/kg 0 0.00001 1 0
kilogram massicvolume
volumeper
litres/100kilometres POSC L/100km m2 0 0.000000001 1 0
length
volumeper
literpertenbarrel POSC L/10bbl Euc 0 0.001 1.589873 0
volume
productivity
litresperminuteperbar POSC L/bar.min (L/min)/bar m3/Pa.s 0 0.001 6000000 0
index
volumeflow
literperhour POSC L/h L/h m3/s 0 0.001 3600 0
rate
specificvolume
literperkilogram POSC L/kg L/kg m3/kg 0 0.001 1 0
massicvolume
volumeper L/km(100)
litres/100kilometres POSC m2 0 0.000000001 1 0
length (Deprecated)
volumeper
litres/metre POSC L/m L/m m2 0 0.001 1 0
length
volumeper
litres/cubicmetre POSC L/m3 L/m3 Euc 0 0.001 1 0
volume
volumeflow
literperminute POSC L/min L/min m3/s 0 0.001 60 0
rate
litres/mole(gram) molarvolume POSC L/mol m3/mol 0 .001 1 0
L/mol(g)
litres/mole(gram) molarvolume POSC m3/mol 0 1 1 0
(Deprecated)
litres/mole(kilogram) molarvolume POSC L/kmol L/mol m3/mol 0 0.000001 1 0
L/mol(kg)
litres/mole(kilogram) molarvolume POSC L/mol m3/mol 0 0.001 1 0
(Deprecated)
volumeflow
litres/second rate POSC L/s L/s m3/s 0 0.001 1 0

volumeper
litres/second/second POSC L/s2 L/s2 m3/s2 0 0.001 1 0
timepertime

specificvolume
litres/tonne POSC L/t L/t m3/kg 0 0.000001 1 0
massicvolume
specificvolume
literperUKton POSC L/tonUK L/tonUK m3/kg 0 0.001 1016.047 0
massicvolume
poundsforce force POSC lbf lbf N 0 4.448222 1 0
momentof
force
footpoundsforce momentof POSC lbf.ft lbf.ft J 0 1.355818 1 0
couple
torque
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
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modulusof
rigidity
footpoundsforce/barrel POSC lbf.ft/bbl lbf.ft/bbl J/m3 0 1.355818 0.1589873 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
forcelengthper
poundsforcefeet/inch POSC lbf.ft/in lbf.ft/in N 0 1.355818 0.0254 0
length
footpoundsforce/square
energyperarea POSC lbf.ft/in2 lbf.ft/in2 N/m 0 2101.522 1 0
inch
footpoundsforce/pound
specificenergy POSC lbf.ft/lbm lbf.ft/lbm J/kg 0 1.355818 0.4535924 0
mass
momentof
force
inchpoundsforce momentof POSC lbf.in lbf.in J 0 0.1129848 1 0
couple
torque
forcelengthper
poundsforceinches/inch POSC lbf.in/in lbf.in/in N 0 4.448222 1 0
length
poundsforceinches
forcearea POSC lbf.in2 lbf.in2 N.m2 0 0.002869815 1 0
squared
poundsforce dynamic
POSC lbf.s/ft2 lbf.s/ft2 Pa.s 0 47.88026 1 0
seconds/squarefoot viscosity
poundsforce dynamic
POSC lbf.s/in2 lbf.s/in2 Pa.s 0 6894.757 1 0
seconds/squareinch viscosity
poundsforceperhundred
forceperlength POSC lbf/100ft N/m 0 4.448222 30.48 0
foot

poundsforce/100square forceperarea
POSC lbf/100ft2 Pa 0 0.4788026 1 0
foot pressure
poundsforceperthirty
forceperlength POSC lbf/30m N/m 0 4.448222 30 0
meters
poundsforceperfoot forceperlength POSC lbf/ft lbf/ft N/m 0 4.448222 0.3048 0
forceperarea
poundsforce/squarefoot POSC lbf/ft2 lbf/ft2 Pa 0 47.88026 1 0
pressure
poundsforce/100square forceperarea lbf/ft2(100)
POSC Pa 0 0.4788026 1 0
foot pressure (Deprecated)
forceper
volume
poundsforce/cubicfoot POSC lbf/ft3 lbf/ft3 N/m3 0 4.448222 0.02831685 0
pressureper
length
forceper
volume
poundsforce/USgallon POSC lbf/galUS lbf/galUS N/m3 0 4.448222 0.003785412 0
pressureper
length
poundsforce/inch forceperlength POSC lbf/in lbf/in N/m 0 4.448222 0.0254 0
poundsforce/squareinch forceperarea POSC lbf/in2 lbf/in2 Pa 0 6894.757 1 0
pressure
poundforceperpound
forceperforce POSC lbf/lbf lbf/lbf Euc 0 1 1 0
force
poundsmass mass POSC lbm lbm kg 0 0.4535924 1 0
momentum
footpoundsmass/second POSC lbm.ft/s lbm.ft/s kg.m/s 0 0.138255 1 0
impulse
momentof
poundsmasssquarefeet POSC lbm.ft2 lbm.ft2 kg.m2 0 0.04214011 1 0
inertia
momentof
force
poundsmasssquare
momentof POSC lbm.ft2/s2 lbm.ft2/s2 J 0 0.04214011 1 0
feet/secondsquared
couple
torque
lbm(million)/yr
millionpoundsmass/year massflowrate POSC kg/s 0 453592.4 31558150 0
(Deprecated)
density
poundsmass/1000UK
massdensity POSC lbm/1000galUK kg/m3 0 99.77633 1000 0
gallons
volumicmass

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poundsmass/1000US density POSC lbm/1000galUS kg/m3 0 119.8264 1000 0
gallons massdensity
volumicmass
poundsmassperhundred surfacedensity
POSC lbm/100ft2 kg/m2 0 4.882428 100 0
squarefoot areicmass
density
poundsmassper10barrel massdensity POSC lbm/10bbl kg/m3 0 0.4535924 1.589873 0
volumicmass

density
poundsmass/barrel massdensity POSC lbm/bbl lbm/bbl kg/m3 0 0.4535924 0.1589873 0
volumicmass
poundmassperday massflowrate POSC lbm/d lbm/d kg/s 0 0.4535924 86400 0
massperlength
poundsmass/foot POSC lbm/ft lbm/ft kg/m 0 0.4535924 0.3048 0
lineardensity
masspertime lbm/ft.h
poundsmass/foothour POSC lbm/h.ft Pa.s 0 0.0004133789 1 0
perlength (Deprecated)
masspertime lbm/ft.s
poundsmass/footsecond POSC lbm/s.ft Pa.s 0 1.488164 1 0
perlength (Deprecated)
surfacedensity
poundsmass/squarefoot POSC lbm/ft2 lbm/ft2 kg/m2 0 4.882428 1 0
areicmass
density
poundsmass/cubicfoot massdensity POSC lbm/ft3 lbm/ft3 kg/m3 0 16.01846 1 0
volumicmass
massper
poundsmass/footfourth volumeper POSC lbm/ft4 lbm/ft4 kg/m4 0 16.01846 0.3048 0
length
density
poundsmass/UKgallon massdensity POSC lbm/galUK lbm/galUK kg/m3 0 99.77633 1 0
volumicmass
massper
poundsmass/UKgallon
volumeper POSC lbm/galUK.ft lbm/galUK.ft kg/m4 0 99.77633 0.3048 0
foot
length
density lbm/galUK(1000)
poundsmass/1000UK
massdensity POSC (Deprecated) kg/m3 0 99.77633 1000 0
gallons
volumicmass
density
poundsmass/USgallon massdensity POSC lbm/galUS lbm/galUS kg/m3 0 119.8264 1 0
volumicmass
massper
poundsmass/USgallon
volumeper POSC lbm/galUS.ft lbm/galUS.ft kg/m4 0 119.8264 0.3048 0
foot
length
density
poundsmass/1000US lbm/galUS(1000)
massdensity POSC kg/m3 0 119.8264 1000 0
gallons (Deprecated)
volumicmass
poundsmass/hour massflowrate POSC lbm/h lbm/h kg/s 0 0.4535924 3600 0
masspertime
poundsmass/hourfoot POSC lbm/h.ft lbm/h.ft Pa.s 0 0.0004133789 1 0
perlength
poundsmass/hoursquare masspertime
POSC lbm/h.ft2 lbm/h.ft2 kg/m2.s 0 0.00135623 1 0
foot perarea
poundsmass/horsepower massper
POSC lbm/hp.h lbm/hp.h kg/J 0 0.0000001689659 1 0
hour energy

density
poundsmass/cubicinch massdensity POSC lbm/in3 lbm/in3 kg/m3 0 0.4535924 0.000016387064 0
volumicmass
density
poundsmass/1000barrels massdensity POSC lbm/Mbbl kg/m3 0 0.00285301 1 0
volumicmass
poundsmass/minute massflowrate POSC lbm/min lbm/min kg/s 0 0.4535924 60 0
poundsmass/second massflowrate POSC lbm/s lbm/s kg/s 0 0.4535924 1 0
masspertime
poundsmass/secondfoot POSC lbm/s.ft lbm/s.ft Pa.s 0 1.488164 1 0
perlength
poundsmass/second masspertime
POSC lbm/s.ft2 lbm/s.ft2 kg/m2.s 0 4.882428 1 0
squarefoot perarea
length
depth
Britishlink1895A Cartesian POSC lkBnA m 0 0.201167824 1 0

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coordinates
distance
length
depth
Britishlink1895B Cartesian POSC lkBnB m 0 7.92 39.370113 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Clarkelink Cartesian POSC lkCla m 0 7.92 39.370432 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Searslink Cartesian POSC lkSe m 0 7.92 39.370147 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
USSurveylink Cartesian POSC lkUS m 0 7.92 39.37 0
coordinates
distance
luminous lm/m2
lumens/squaremetre POSC lm/m2 lx 0 1 1 0
exitance lm/m2
millioncubicfeet volume POSC M(ft3) m3 0 28316.846592 1 0

millioncubicfeetper volumeper
POSC M(ft3)/acre.ft Euc 0 1000000 43560 0
acrefoot volume
volumeflow
millioncubicfeetperday POSC M(ft3)/d m3/s 0 28316.85 86400 0
rate

millioncubicmeters volume POSC M(m3) m3 0 0.000000001 1 0


millioncubicmetresper volumeflow
POSC M(m3)/d m3/s 0 1000000 86400 0
day rate
linearstrain
relative
elongation
scale
metresperthirtymetres POSC m/30m Euc 0 1 30 0
linear
concentration
lengthper
length
scale
metres/centimetre lengthper POSC m/cm m/cm Euc 0 100 1 0
length
metres/day velocity POSC m/d m/d m/s 0 1 86400 0
metres/hour velocity POSC m/h m/h m/s 0 1 3600 0
linearstrain
relative
elongation
scale
metres/kilometre POSC m/km m/km Euc 0 0.001 1 0
linear
concentration
lengthper
length
linearstrain
relative
elongation
scale
metres/metre POSC m/m m/m Euc 0 1 1 0
linear
concentration
lengthper
length
linearthermal
metres/metreKelvin POSC m/m.K m/m.K 1/K 0 1 1 0
expansion
lengthper
metres/cubicmetre POSC m/m3 m/m3 1/m2 0 1 1 0
volume
meterperminute velocity POSC m/min m/min m/s 0 1 60 0
metres/millisecond velocity POSC m/ms m/ms m/s 0 1000 1 0
squaremetres/cubic areaper
POSC m2/cm3 m2/cm3 1/m 0 1000000 1 0
centimetre volume
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unit
squaremetres/day
productivity POSC m2/d.kPa m2/d.kPa m2/Pa.s 0 1 86400000 0
kiloPascal
index
mass
squaremetres/gram attenuation POSC m2/g m2/g m2/kg 0 1000 1 0
coefficient

kinematic
viscosity
squaremetres/hour thermal POSC m2/h m2/h m2/s 0 1 3600 0
diffusivity
areapertime
squaremetres/square areaperarea
POSC m2/m2 m2/m2 Euc 0 1 1 0
metre shearstrain
areaper
squaremetres/cubicmetre POSC m2/m3 m2/m3 1/m 0 1 1 0
volume
cubicmetresatstd amountof m3(std,0C)
POSC mol 0 0.0446158 1 0
condition(0degC) substance (Deprecated)
cubicmetresatstd amountof m3(std,15C)
POSC mol 0 0.0422932 1 0
condition(15degC) substance (Deprecated)
m3/bar.d
cubicmeterperdayper productivity
POSC m3/bar.d m3/(d.bar) m3/Pa.s 0 1. 8640000000 0
bar index
m3/bar.d
m3.bar.h
cubicmeterperhourper productivity
POSC m3/bar.h m3/(h.bar) m3/Pa.s 0 1 360000000 0
bar index
m3/bar.h
m3/bar.min
cubicmeterperminute productivity
POSC m3/bar.min m3/(min.bar) m3/Pa.s 0 1 6000000 0
perbar index
m3/bar.min
specific
cubicmetres/centiPoise
productivity POSC m3/cP.d.kPa m3/cP.d.kPa m3/Pa2.s2 0 1 86400 0
daykiloPascal
index
specific
cubicmetres/centiPoise
productivity POSC m3/cP.Pa.s m3/cP.Pa.s m3/Pa2.s2 0 1000 1 0
Pascalsecond
index
volumeflow
cubicmetres/day POSC m3/d m3/d m3/s 0 1 86400 0
rate
m3/d.kPa
cubicmetres/day productivity m3/d.kPa
POSC m3/d.kPa m3/Pa.s 0 1 86400000 0
kilopascal index (Deprecated)
m3/(d.kPa)
cubicmeterperdayper volumeper m3/d.m
POSC m3/d.m m2/s 0 1 86400 0
meter timeperlength m3/(d.m)
volumeper
cubicmetres/day/day POSC m3/d2 m3/d2 m3/s2 0 1 7464960000 0
timepertime
specificvolume
cubicmetres/gram POSC m3/g m3/g m3/kg 0 1000 1 0
massicvolume
volumeflow
cubicmetres/hour POSC m3/h m3/h m3/s 0 1 3600 0
rate
cubicmeterperhourper volumeper m3/h.m
POSC m3/h.m m2/s 0 1 3600 0
meter timeperlength m3/(h.m)
cubicmetres/hectare volumeper
POSC m3/ha.m m3/ha.m Euc 0 0.0001 1 0
metre volume
volumeper
cubicmetres/kilometre POSC m3/km m3/km m2 0 0.001 1 0
length
m3/kPa.d
cubicmeterperdayper productivity
POSC m3/kPa.d m3/(d.kPa) m3/Pa.s 0 1 86400000 0
kilopascal index
m3/k.kPa
(cubicmetresperhour) productivity m3/kPa.h
POSC m3/kPa.h m3/Pa.s 0 1 3600000 0
perkilopascal index (m3/h)/kPa
cubicmetres/kilowatt isothermal
POSC m3/kW.h m3/kW.h m3/J 0 1 3600000 0
hour compressibility
volumeper
cubicmetres/metre POSC m3/m m3/m m2 0 1 1 0
length
cubicmeterpersquare volumeper
POSC m3/m2 m3/m2 m 0 1 1 0
meter area
volumeper
cubicmetres/cubicmetre POSC m3/m3 m3/m3 Euc 0 1 1 0
volume
volumeflow
cubicmeterperminute POSC m3/min m3/min m3/s 0 1 60 0
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rate
cubicmetres/mole m3/mol(kg)
molarvolume POSC m3/kmol m3/mol 0 .001 1 0
(kilogram) m3/mol
cubicmetres/mole m3/mol(kg) m3/mol(kg)
molarvolume POSC m3/mol 0 1 1 0
(kilogram) (Deprecated) m3/mol
cubicmeterperdayper productivity m3/psi.d
POSC m3/psi.d m3/Pa.s 0 1 595707004.8 0
(poundpersquareinch) index m3/(d.psi)
cubicmeterpersecond volumeper m3/s.ft
POSC m3/s.ft m2/s 0 1 0.3048 0
perfoot timeperlength m3/(s.ft)
cubicmetres/second volumeper
metre timeperlength POSC m3/s.m m3/s.m m2/s 0 1 1 0

cubicmetres/second volumeper
POSC m3/s.m2 m3/s.m2 m/s 0 1 1 0
squaremetre timeperarea

specificvolume
cubicmetres/tonne POSC m3/t m3/t m3/kg 0 0.001 1 0
massicvolume
specificvolume
cubicmetersperUKton POSC m3/tonUK m3/tonUK m3/kg 0 1 1016.047 0
massicvolume
specificvolume
cubicmetersperUSton POSC m3/tonUS m3/tonUS m3/kg 0 1 907.1847 0
massicvolume
electriccurrent
magnetic
potential
milliamp POSC mA mA A 0 0.001 1 0
difference
magnetomotive
force
megayears time POSC Ma Ma s 0 31558150000000 1 0
electriccurrent
magnetic
potential
megaampere POSC MA MA A 0 1000000 1 0
difference
magnetomotive
force
milliamperepersquare
currentdensity POSC mA/cm2 mA/cm2 A/m2 0 10 1 0
centimeter
milliamperepersquare
currentdensity POSC mA/ft2 mA/ft2 A/m2 0 0.001 0.09290304 0
foot
forceperarea
millibar POSC mbar mbar Pa 0 100 1 0
pressure
thousandbarrels volume POSC Mbbl Mbbl m3 0 158.9873 1 0
volumelength
thousandbarrelfeet/day POSC Mbbl.ft/d Mbbl.ft/d m4/s 0 48.45933 86400 0
pertime
volumeflow
thousandbarrels/day POSC Mbbl/d m3/s 0 158.9873 86400 0
rate
activity(of
megabecquerel POSC MBq MBq Bq 0 1000000 1 0
radioactivity)
millionBtus/hour heatflowrate POSC MBtu/hr W 0 293071.1 1 0
megabyte digitalstorage POSC Mbyte Mbyte byte 0 1048576 1 0
electric
capacity
millicoulomb POSC mC mC C 0 0.001 1 0
electriccharge
electricflux
millicoulombs/square electric
POSC mC/m2 mC/m2 C/m2 0 0.001 1 0
metre polarization
thousandcubicfeet volume POSC Mcf m3 0 28.316846592 1 0
activity(of
POSC mCi mCi Bq 0 37000000 1 0
radioactivity)
activity(of mcurie
millicurie POSC Bq 0 37000 1 0
radioactivity) (Deprecated)
permeability
millidarcy POSC mD mD m2 0 9.86932E016 1 0
rock
permeability
millidarcyfoot POSC mD.ft mD.ft m3 0 3.008141E016 1 0
length
millidarcysqfeet/pound
mobility POSC mD.ft2/lbf.s mD.ft2/lbf.s m2/Pa.s 0 9.86932E016 47.88026 0
forcesecond
millidarcysq
inches/poundforce mobility POSC mD.in2/lbf.s mD.in2/lbf.s m2/Pa.s 0 9.86932E016 6894.757 0
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second
permeability
millidarcymetres POSC mD.m mD.m m3 0 9.86932E016 1 0
length
millidarcies/centipoise mobility POSC mD/cP mD/cP m2/Pa.s 0 9.86932E016 0.001 0
millidarcies/Pascal
mobility POSC mD/Pa.s mD/Pa.s m2/Pa.s 0 9.86932E016 1 0
second
electrochemical
milliequivalent POSC meq meq eq 0 0.001 1 0
equivalent
milliequivalents/ equivalentper
hectogram mass POSC meq/100g eq/kg 0 100 1 0

milliequivalents/cubic equivalentper
POSC meq/cm3 meq/cm3 eq/m3 0 1000 1 0
centimeter volume

equivalentper
milliequivalents/gram POSC meq/g meq/g eq/kg 0 1 1 0
mass
dimensionless
milliEuclid POSC mEuc ppk Euc 0 0.001 1 0
poissonratio
energy
millionsofelectronvolts POSC MeV MeV J 0 0.000000000000160219 1 0
work
operationsper
megaflops POSC Mflops 1/s 0 1000000 1 0
time
megagram mass POSC Mg Mg kg 0 1000 1 0
milligram mass POSC mg mg kg 0 0.000001 1 0
megagrams/year massflowrate POSC Mg/a Mg/a kg/s 0 1000 31558150 0
megagrams/day massflowrate POSC Mg/d Mg/d kg/s 0 1000 86400 0
density
milligrams/cubic
massdensity POSC mg/dm3 mg/dm3 kg/m3 0 0.001 1 0
decimetre
volumicmass
density
milligrams/USgallon massdensity POSC mg/galUS mg/galUS kg/m3 0 0.000264172 1 0
volumicmass
megagrams/hour massflowrate POSC Mg/h Mg/h kg/s 0 1 3.6 0
thousandkilogramsper massperlength
POSC Mg/in Mg/in kg/m 0 1000 0.0254 0
inch lineardensity
massper
milligrams/joule POSC mg/J mg/J kg/J 0 0.000001 1 0
energy
mass
milligrams/kilogram POSC mg/kg mg/kg Euc 0 0.000001 1 0
concentration
density
milligramperlitre massdensity POSC mg/L mg/L kg/m3 0 0.001 1 0
volumicmass
surfacedensity
megagrams/squaremetre POSC Mg/m2 Mg/m2 kg/m2 0 1000 1 0
areicmass
density
milligrams/cubicmetre massdensity POSC mg/m3 mg/m3 kg/m3 0 0.000001 1 0
volumicmass
density
thousandkilogramsper
massdensity POSC Mg/m3 Mg/m3 kg/m3 0 1000000 1 0
cubicmetre
volumicmass
acceleration
milligalileo POSC mGal mGal m/s2 0 0.00001 1 0
linear
magnetic
induction
milligauss POSC mgauss T 0 0.0000001 1 0
magneticflux
density
length
depth
Germanlegalmetre Cartesian POSC mGer m 0 1.000014 1 0
coordinates
distance
thousandkilogramsforce force POSC Mgf N 0 4448222 1 0
acceleration
milligravity POSC mgn mgn m/s2 0 0.00980665 1 0
linear
milligray absorbeddose POSC mGy mGy Gy 0 0.001 1 0
selfinductance
millihenries POSC mH mH H 0 0.001 1 0
permeance

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electric
mhos conductance POSC mho mho S 0 1 1 0
admittance
susceptance
mhos/metre conductivity POSC mho/m mho/m S/m 0 1 1 0
megahertz frequency POSC MHz MHz rad/s 0 6283185.307 1 0
millihertz frequency POSC mHz mHz rad/s 0 0.006283185307 1 0
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
mile curvature POSC mi mi m 0 1609.344 1 0
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
lengthper
miles/UKgallon POSC mi/galUK mi/galUK 1/m2 0 1609.344 0.004546092 0
volume
lengthper
miles/USgallon POSC mi/galUS mi/galUS 1/m2 0 1609.344 0.003785412 0
volume
miles/hour velocity POSC mi/h mi/h m/s 0 1609.344 3600 0
scale
miles/inch lengthper POSC mi/in mi/in Euc 0 63360 1 0
length

squaremiles area POSC mi2 mi2 m2 0 2589988 1 0


cubicmile volume POSC mi3 mi3 m3 0 4168182000 1 0
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
mil,athousandthofan radiusof
POSC mil m 0 0.0000254 1 0
inch curvature
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
wavelength
meanfreepath
mils/year velocity POSC mil/yr m/s 0 0.0000254 31558150 0
mil_6400 planeangle POSC mila rad 0 3.1415926535898 3200 0
minutes time POSC min min s 0 60 1 0
minuteperfoot timeperlength POSC min/ft min/ft s/m 0 60 0.3048 0
minutepermeter timeperlength POSC min/m min/m s/m 0 60 1 0
minutesangular planeangle POSC mina mina rad 0 0.00029088821 1 0
length
depth
U.S.Surveymile Cartesian POSC miUS miUS m 0 1609.347 1 0
coordinates
distance

U.S.Surveysquaremile area POSC miUS2 miUS2 m2 0 2589998 1 0


energy
megajoules POSC MJ MJ J 0 1000000 1 0
work
energy
millijoules POSC mJ mJ J 0 0.001 1 0
work
megajoules/year power POSC MJ/a MJ/a W 0 1000000 31558150 0
millijoules/square
energyperarea POSC mJ/cm2 mJ/cm2 N/m 0 10 1 0
centimetre
megajoules/kilogram specificenergy POSC MJ/kg MJ/kg J/kg 0 1000000 1 0
energyper
megajoules/metre POSC MJ/m MJ/m N 0 1000000 1 0
length
millijoules/squaremetre energyperarea POSC mJ/m2 mJ/m2 N/m 0 0.001 1 0
normalstress
shearstress
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modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
megajoules/cubicmetre rigidity POSC MJ/m3 MJ/m3 J/m3 0 1000000 1 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density

molar
thermodynamic
energy
megajoules/mole chemical
POSC MJ/kmol MJ/mol J/mol 0 1000 1 0
(kilogram) potential
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
molar
thermodynamic
energy
megajoules/mole chemical MJ/mol(kg)
POSC MJ/mol J/mol 0 1000000 1 0
(kilogram) potential (Deprecated)
affinityofa
chemical
reaction
temperatureper
millidegreesKelvin/metre POSC mK/m K/m 0 0.001 1 0
length
millilitre volume POSC mL mL m3 0 0.000001 1 0
volumeper
millilitres/UKgallon POSC mL/galUK mL/galUK Euc 0 0.0002199692 1 0
volume
volumeper
millilitres/USgallon POSC mL/galUS mL/galUS Euc 0 0.000264172 1 0
volume
volumeper
milliliterpermilliliter POSC mL/mL mL/mL Euc 0 1 1 0
volume
millionpoundsmass/year massflowrate POSC Mlbm/yr kg/s 0 453592.4 31558150 0
millimetres length POSC mm mm m 0 0.001 1 0
megameter length POSC Mm Mm m 0 0.001 1 0
millimetres/year velocity POSC mm/a mm/a m/s 0 0.001 31558150 0
millimetres/millimetre linearthermal
POSC mm/mm.K mm/mm.K 1/K 0 1 1 0
degreeKelvin expansion
millimetres/second velocity POSC mm/s mm/s m/s 0 0.001 1 0
squaremillimetres area POSC mm2 mm2 m2 0 0.000001 1 0
squaremillimetres/square areaperarea
POSC mm2/mm2 mm2/mm2 Euc 0 1 1 0
millimetre shearstrain

kinematic
viscosity
squaremillimetres/second thermal POSC mm2/s mm2/s m2/s 0 0.000001 1 0
diffusivity
areapertime
cubicmillimetres volume POSC mm3 mm3 m3 0 0.000000001 1 0
isothermal
cubicmillimetres/joule POSC mm3/J mm3/J m3/J 0 0.000000001 1 0
compressibility
millionbarrels volume POSC MMbbl m3 0 158987.3 1 0
volumeper
millionbarrels/acrefoot POSC MMbbl/acre.ft Euc 0 158987.3 1233.489 0
volume
MMcf
millioncubicfeet volume POSC m3 0 28316.85 1 0
(Deprecated)
millimetresofMercuryat forceperarea
POSC mmHg(0C) Pa 0 133.3224 1 0
0degC pressure
millimhos/metre conductivity POSC mmho/m mmho/m S/m 0 0.001 1 0
amountof
millimole POSC mmol mmol mol 0 0.001 1 0
substance
millionstandardcubic standard
POSC MMscf(60F) scm(15C) 0 28262.357 1 0
feetat60degF volume
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standard
millionstandardcubic
volumeper POSC MMscf(60F)/d scm(15C)/s 0 28262.357 86400 0
feet/day
time
millionstdcuft/stock volumeper
POSC MMscf60/stb60 Euc 0 28262.357 0.1589873 0
tankbarrel volume
millionstandardcubic standard
POSC MMscm(15C) scm(15C) 0 1000000 1 0
metres15C volume
standard
millionstdcubicmetres,
volumeper POSC MMscm(15C)/d scm(15C)/s 0 1000000 86400 0
15degC/day
time
millionstocktankbarrels standard
POSC MMstb(60F) scm(15C) 0 158987.3 1 0
60degF volume
standard
millionstocktankbarrels,
volumeper POSC MMstb(60F)/d scm(15C)/s 0 158987.3 86400 0
60degF/day
time
standard
millionstocktankbarrels
volumeper POSC MMstb/acre scm(15C)/m2 0 158987.3 4046.873 0
60degF/acre
area
standard
millionstbs,60deg
volumeper POSC MMstb/acre.ft scm(15C)/m3 0 158987.3 1233.489 0
F/acrefoot
volume
meganewtons force POSC MN MN N 0 1000000 1 0
millinewtons force POSC mN mN N 0 0.001 1 0
millinewtonmetres
forcearea POSC mN.m2 mN.m2 N.m2 0 0.001 1 0
squared
millinewtons/kilometre forceperlength POSC mN/km mN/km N/m 0 0.000001 1 0
millinewtons/metre forceperlength POSC mN/m mN/m N/m 0 0.001 1 0
resistance
megaohm POSC Mohm Mohm ohm 0 1000000 1 0
impedance
resistance
milliohm POSC mohm mohm ohm 0 0.001 1 0
impedance
amountof mol(g)
mole(gram) POSC mol 0 0.001 1 0
substance (Deprecated)
amountof mol(kg)
mole(kilogram) POSC mol mol 0 1 1 0
substance (Deprecated)
moles(kilogram)/hour molepertime POSC kmol/h mol/h mol/s 0 1000 3600 0
mol(kg)/h
moles(kilogram)/hour molepertime POSC mol/h mol/s 0 1 3600 0
(Deprecated)
concentration
moles(kilogram)/cubic ofB
POSC kmol/m3 mol/m3 mol/m3 0 1000 1 0
metre amountofa
substance
concentration
moles(kilogram)/cubic ofB mol(kg)/m3
metre amountofa POSC mol/m3 mol/m3 0 1 1 0
(Deprecated)
substance
moles(kilogram)/second molepertime POSC kmol/s mol/s mol/s 0 1000 1 0
mol(kg)/s
moles(kilogram)/second molepertime POSC mol/s mol/s 0 1 1 0
(Deprecated)
amountof
moles(poundsmass) POSC lbmole mol 0 453.5924 1 0
substance
amountof mol(lbm)
moles(poundsmass) POSC mol 0 0.4535924 1 0
substance (Deprecated)
concentration
moles(pounds ofB
POSC lbmole/ft3 mol/m3 0 16018.46 1 0
mass)/cubicfoot amountofa
substance
concentration
moles(pounds ofB mol(lbm)/ft3
POSC mol/m3 0 16.01846 1 0
mass)/cubicfoot amountofa (Deprecated)
substance
concentration
moles(poundsmass)/UK ofB
POSC lbmole/galUK mol/m3 0 99776.33537 1 0
gallon amountofa
substance
concentration
moles(poundsmass)/UK ofB mol(lbm)/galUK
POSC mol/m3 0 99.77633 1 0

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gallon amountofa (Deprecated)
substance
concentration
moles(poundsmass)/US ofB
POSC lbmole/galUS mol/m3 0 119826.4 1 0
gallon amountofa
substance
concentration
moles(poundsmass)/US ofB mol(lbm)/galUS
POSC mol/m3 0 119.8264 1 0
gallon amountofa (Deprecated)
substance
moles(pounds
molepertime POSC lbmole/h mol/s 0 453.5924 3600 0
mass)/hour
moles(pounds mol(lbm)/h
molepertime POSC mol/s 0 0.4535924 3600 0
mass)/hour (Deprecated)
moles(pounds molepertime mol(lbm)/h.ft2
POSC mol/m2.s 0 0.4535924 334.450944 0
mass)/hoursquarefoot perarea (Deprecated)
moles(pounds molepertime
POSC lbmole/h.ft2 mol/m2.s 0 453.5924 334.450944 0
mass)/hoursquarefoot perarea
moles(pounds
molepertime POSC lbmole/s mol/s 0 453.5924 1 0
mass)/second
moles(pounds mol(lbm)/s
molepertime POSC mol/s 0 0.4535924 1 0
mass)/second (Deprecated)
moles(pounds molepertime
POSC lbmole/s.ft2 mol/m2.s 0 453.5924 0.09290304 0
mass)/secondsquarefoot perarea
moles(pounds molepertime mol(lbm)/s.ft2
POSC mol/m2.s 0 0.4535924 0.09290304 0
mass)/secondsquarefoot perarea (Deprecated)
forceperarea
millipascal POSC mPa mPa Pa 0 0.001 1 0
pressure
forceperarea
megapascals POSC MPa MPa Pa 0 1000000 1 0
pressure
dynamic
millipascalseconds POSC mPa.s mPa.s Pa.s 0 0.001 1 0
viscosity
megapascal masspertime
POSC MPa.s/m MPa.s/m kg/m2.s 0 1000000 1 0
seconds/metre(megarayl) perarea
pressureper
megapascalperhour POSC MPa/h MPa/h Pa/s 0 1000000 3600 0
time
forceper
volume
megapascalpermeter POSC MPa/m MPa/m Pa/m 0 1000000 1 0
pressureper
length
megapoundspersquare forceperarea
POSC Mpsi Mpsi Pa 0 6894757000 1 0
inch pressure
milliradian planeangle POSC mrad mrad rad 0 0.001 1 0
megaradian planeangle POSC Mrad Mrad rad 0 1000000 1 0
millirem doseequivalent POSC mrem Sv 0 0.00001 1 0
doseequivalent
milliremsperhour POSC mrem/h Sv/s 0 0.00001 3600 0
rate
electric
conductance
millisiemen POSC mS mS S 0 0.001 1 0
admittance
susceptance
milliseconds time POSC ms ms s 0 0.001 1 0
halfamillisecond time POSC ms/2 s 0 0.0005 1 0
timeperlength
milliseconds/centimetre POSC ms/cm ms/cm s/m 0 0.1 1 0
slowness
timeperlength
millisecondperfoot POSC ms/ft ms/ft s/m 0 0.001 0.3048 0
slowness
timeperlength
milliseconds/inch POSC ms/in ms/in s/m 0 0.001 0.0254 0
slowness
millisiemens/metre conductivity POSC mS/m mS/m S/m 0 0.001 1 0
timeperlength
millisecondpermeter POSC ms/m ms/m s/m 0 0.001 1 0
slowness
milliseconds/second relativetime POSC ms/s ms/s Euc 0 0.001 1 0
thousandcubicfeetat60 standard
POSC Mscf(60F) scm(15C) 0 28.262357 1 0
degF volume
standard
thousandstandardcubic
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feet/day volumeper POSC Mscf(60F)/d scm(15C)/s 0 28.262357 86400 0
time
thousandstdcuft/stock volumeper
POSC Mscf60/stb60 Euc 0 28.262357 0.1589873 0
tankbarrel volume
standard
thousandstdcubic
volumeper POSC Mscm(15C)/d scm(15C)/s 0 1000 86400 0
metres,15degC/day
time
millisecondsangular planeangle POSC mseca rad 0 0.00000000484814 1 0
megastandardcubic standard Msm3
POSC scm(15C) 0 1000000 1 0
metres15C volume (Deprecated)
thousandstocktank standard
POSC Mstb(60F) scm(15C) 0 158.9873 1 0
barrels60F volume
standard
thousandstocktank
volumeper POSC Mstb(60F)/d scm(15C)/s 0 158.9873 86400 0
barrels,60degF/day
time
millisievert doseequivalent POSC mSv mSv Sv 0 0.001 1 0
doseequivalent
millisievertsperhour POSC mSv/h Sv/s 0 0.001 3600 0
rate
magnetic
induction
milliteslas POSC mT mT T 0 0.001 1 0
magneticflux
density

electric
megavolt POSC MV MV V 0 1000000 1 0
potential
electric
millivolts POSC mV mV V 0 0.001 1 0
potential
electricfield
millivoltperfoot POSC mV/ft mV/ft V/m 0 0.001 0.3048 0
strength
electricfield
millivoltpermeter POSC mV/m mV/m V/m 0 0.001 1 0
strength
power
megawatts POSC MW MW W 0 1000000 1 0
heatflowrate
power
milliwatt POSC mW mW W 0 0.001 1 0
heatflowrate
energy
megawatthours POSC MW.h MW.h J 0 3600000000 1 0
work
megawatthours/kilogram specificenergy POSC MW.h/kg MW.h/kg J/kg 0 3600000000 1 0
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
megawatthours/cubic rigidity
POSC MW.h/m3 MW.h/m3 J/m3 0 3600000000 1 0
metre bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
fluencerate
milliwatts/squaremetres POSC mW/m2 mW/m2 W/m2 0 0.001 1 0
radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
milliwebers magneticflux POSC mWb mWb Wb 0 0.001 1 0
MY
megayears time POSC MA s 0 31558150000000 1 0
(Deprecated)
momentof
force
newtonmetre momentof POSC N.m N.m J 0 1 1 0
couple
torque

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forcelengthper
newtonmetres/metre POSC N.m/m N.m/m N 0 1 1 0
length
newtonseconds/metre dynamic
POSC N.s/m2 N.s/m2 Pa.s 0 1 1 0
squared viscosity
newtonperthirtymeters forceperlength POSC N/30m N/m 0 1 30 0
forceperarea
newtons/squaremetre POSC N/m2 N/m2 Pa 0 1 1 0
pressure
newtons/square forceperarea
POSC N/mm2 N/mm2 Pa 0 1000000 1 0
millimetre pressure
electriccurrent
magnetic
potential
nanoampere POSC nA nA A 0 0.000000001 1 0
difference
magnetomotive
force
length
depth
nauticalmile Cartesian POSC nautmi m 0 1852 1 0
coordinates
distance
electric
capacity
nanocoulomb POSC nC nC C 0 0.000000001 1 0
electriccharge
electricflux
activity(of
POSC nCi nCi Bq 0 37 1 0
radioactivity)
activity(of ncurie
nanocurie POSC Bq 0 37 1 0
radioactivity) (Deprecated)
dimensionless
nanoeuclid poissonratio POSC nEuc Euc 0 0.000000001 1 0

selfinductance
nanohenry POSC nH nH H 0 0.000000001 1 0
permeance
energy
nanojoules POSC nJ nJ J 0 0.000000001 1 0
work
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
nanometres radiusof POSC nm nm m 0 0.000000001 1 0
curvature
diameter
lengthofpath
wavelength
meanfreepath

nanometerpersecond velocity POSC nm/s nm/s m/s 0 0.000000001 1 0


resistance
nanohm POSC nohm nohm ohm 0 0.000000001 1 0
impedance
nanoseconds time POSC ns ns s 0 0.000000001 1 0
timeperlength
nanoseconds/foot POSC ns/ft ns/ft s/m 0 0.000000001 0.3048 0
slowness
timeperlength
nanoseconds/metre POSC ns/m ns/m s/m 0 0.000000001 1 0
slowness
magnetic
induction
nanoteslas POSC nT nT T 0 0.000000001 1 0
magneticflux
density
power
nanowatts POSC nW nW W 0 0.000000001 1 0
heatflowrate
linearelectric
currentdensity
oersted magneticfield POSC Oe Oe A/m 0 79.57747 1 0
strength
magnetization
electrical
ohmcentimetres POSC ohm.cm ohm.cm ohm.m 0 0.01 1 0
resistivity
avoirdupoisounces mass POSC oz(av) kg 0 0.02834952 1 0

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troyounces mass POSC oz(troy) kg 0 0.03110348 1 0
ounceforce force POSC ozf ozf N 0 4.448222 16 0
ouncemass mass POSC ozm ozm kg 0 0.4535924 16. 0
dynamic
poise POSC P P Pa.s 0 0.1 1 0
viscosity
electriccurrent
magnetic
potential
picoampere POSC pA pA A 0 0.000000000001 1 0
difference
magnetomotive
force
pascalsecondssquared/
POSC Pa.s2/m3 Pa.s2/m3 kg/m4 0 1 1 0
cubicmetre
forceperarea
pascalgauge POSC Pa(g) Pa 101325 1 1 0
pressure
pressureper
pascalperhour POSC Pa/h Pa/h Pa/s 0 1 3600 0
time
electric
capacity
picocoulomb POSC pC pC C 0 0.000000000001 1 0
electriccharge
electricflux

activity(of
POSC pCi pCi Bq 0 0.037 1 0
radioactivity)
specificactivity
picocuriepergram (of POSC pCi/g pCi/g Bq/kg 0 37 1 0
radioactivity)
activity(of pcurie
picocurie POSC pCi Bq 0 0.037 1 0
radioactivity) (Deprecated)
poundals force POSC pdl N 0 0.138255 1 0
poundalcentimetre
forcearea POSC pdl.cm2 N.m2 0 0.0000138255 1 0
squared
momentof
force
footpoundal momentof POSC pdl.ft J 0 0.04214012 1 0
couple
torque
poundals/centimetre forceperlength POSC pdl/cm N/m 0 0.138255 0.01 0
volumic
concentration
permille POSC permil ppk Euc 0 0.001 1 0
mass
concentration
picrofarads capacitance POSC pF pF F 0 0.000000000001 1 0
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
picometer radiusof POSC pm pm m 0 0.000000000001 1 0
curvature
diameter
lengthofpath
wavelength
meanfreepath
forceperarea
picopascal POSC pPa pPa Pa 0 0.000000000001 1 0
pressure
volumic
concentration
partspertenthousand POSC ppdk Euc 0 0.0001 1 0
mass
concentration
volumic
concentration
partsperthousand POSC ppk ppk Euc 0 0.001 1 0
mass
concentration
volumic
concentration
partspermillion POSC ppm ppm Euc 0 0.000001 1 0
mass
concentration
volumetric
partpermillionper

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degreeCelsius thermal POSC ppm/degC ppm/degC 1/K 0 0.000001 1 0
expansion
volumetric
partpermillionper
thermal POSC ppm/degF ppm/degF 1/K 0 0.0000018 1 0
degreeFahrenheit
expansion
picosecond time POSC ps ps s 0 0.000000000001 1 0
electric
conductance
picosiemens POSC pS pS S 0 0.000000001 1 0
admittance
susceptance
forceperarea psf
pounds/squarefoot POSC lbf/ft2 Pa 0 47.88026 1 0
pressure (Deprecated)
forceperarea psi
pounds/squareinch POSC psi Pa 0 6894.757 1 0
pressure lbf/in2
poundspersquareinch pressuretime
days/barrel pervolume POSC psi.d/bbl psi.d/bbl Pa.s/m3 0 1 23.05916 0

poundpersquareinch dynamic
POSC psi.s psi.s Pa.s 0 6894.757 1 0
second viscosity
forceper
pounds/squareinchper volume
POSC psi/100ft Pa/m 0 6894.757 30.48 0
100feet pressureper
length
forceper
pounds/squareinchper volume
POSC psi/ft psi/ft Pa/m 0 6894.757 0.3048 0
foot pressureper
length
forceper
pounds/squareinchper volume psi/ft(100)
POSC Pa/m 0 6894.757 30.48 0
100feet pressureper (Deprecated)
length
poundpersquareinchper pressureper
POSC psi/h psi/h Pa/s 0 6894.757 3600 0
hour time
forceper
pounds/squareinchper volume
POSC psi/kft Pa/m 0 6894.757 304.8 0
thousandfeet pressureper
length
forceper
poundpersquareinchper volume
POSC psi/m psi/m Pa/m 0 6894.757 1 0
meter pressureper
length
poundpersquareinchper pressureper
POSC psi/min psi/min Pa/s 0 6894.757 60 0
minute time
poundpersquareinch pressure
POSC psi2 psi2 Pa2 0 47537674 1 0
squared squared

psisquareddays/ Darcyflow
POSC psi2.d/cP.ft3 psi2.d/cP.ft3 Pa/m3 0 4107255041294 0.000028316847 0
centipoisecubicfoot coefficient
psisquareddays/ Darcyflow psi2.d/cp.ft3
POSC psi2.d/cP.ft3 Pa/m3 0 4107255041294 0.000028316847 0
centipoisecubicfoot coefficient (Deprecated)
(psidays/cubic nonDarcyflow
POSC psi2.d2/cP.ft6 psi2.d2/cP.ft6 Pa.s/m6 0 3.5486698355E+017 0.0000008018438 0
foot)squared/centipoise coefficient
(psidays/cubic nonDarcyflow psi2.d2/cp.ft6
POSC psi2.d2/cP.ft6 Pa.s/m6 0 3.5486698355E+017 0.0000008018438 0
foot)squared/centipoise coefficient (Deprecated)
pressure
pounds/squareinch squaredper
POSC psi2/cP psi2/cP Pa/s 0 4753764090 1 0
squared/centipoise (dynamic
viscosity)
pounds/squareinch forceperarea psia
POSC Pa 0 6894.757 1 0
absolute pressure (Deprecated)
forceperarea psig
pounds/squareinchgauge POSC Pa 101325 6894.757 1 0
pressure (Deprecated)
UKpint volume POSC ptUK m3 0 0.0005682615 1 0
UKpints/horsepower isothermal
POSC ptUK/hp.hr m3/J 0 0.0000000002116809 1 0
hour compressibility
volumeper
UKpints/1000barrels POSC ptUK/Mbbl Euc 0 0.0005682615 158.9873 0
volume
USpints volume POSC ptUS m3 0 0.0004731765 1 0
volumeper

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USpintpertenbarrel volume POSC ptUS/10bbl Euc 0 0.4731765 0.01589873 0

UKquarts volume POSC qtUK m3 0 0.001136523 1 0


USquarts volume POSC qtUS m3 0 0.0009463529 1 0
energy
quads POSC quad J 0 1.055056E+018 1 0
work
quads/year heatflowrate POSC quad/yr W 0 1.055056E+018 31558150 0
angleper
radiansperfoot POSC rad/ft rad/ft rad/m 0 1 0.3048 0
length
angleper
radianspercubicfoot POSC rad/ft3 rad/ft3 rad/m3 0 1 0.028316846592 0
volume
rad absorbeddose POSC rd Gy 0 0.01 1 0
rem doseequivalent POSC rem Sv 0 0.01 1 0
doseequivalent
remsperhour POSC rem/h Sv/s 0 0.01 3600 0
rate
rev/min
revolutions/minute anglepertime POSC (Deprecated) rad/s 0 6.283185307 60 0

revolutions/second anglepertime POSC rev/s c/s rad/s 0 6.283185307 1 0


revolutions/minute anglepertime POSC rpm rad/s 0 6.283185307 60 0

revolutions/minuteper angular
POSC rpm/s rad/s2 0 6.283185307 60 0
second acceleration
timeperlength
seconds/centimetre POSC s/cm s/cm s/m 0 100 1 0
slowness
timeperlength
seconds/foot POSC s/ft s/ft s/m 0 1 0.3048 0
slowness
timeper
secondpercubicfoot POSC s/ft3 s/ft3 s/m3 0 1 0.028316846592 0
volume
seconds/inch timeperlength POSC s/in s/in s/m 0 1 0.0254 0
timeper
secondperlitre POSC s/L s/L s/m3 0 1 0.001 0
volume
timeper
secondperUKquart POSC s/qtUK s/m3 0 1 0.001136523 0
volume
timeper
secondperUSquart POSC s/qtUS s/m3 0 1 0.0009463529 0
volume
sacks mass POSC sack94 kg 0 42.63769 1 0
standard
stdcubicfeetat60degF POSC scf(60F) scf(60F) scm(15C) 0 0.028262357 1 0
volume
standard
stdcubicfeetat60deg
volumeper POSC scf(60F)/bbl scm(15C)/m3 0 0.028262357 0.1589873 0
F/barrel
volume
standard
standardcubicfeet/day volumeper POSC scf(60F)/d scm(15C)/s 0 0.028262357 86400 0
time
standard
stdcubicfeetat60deg
volumeper POSC scf(60F)/ft2 scm(15C)/m2 0 0.028262357 0.09290304 0
F/squarefoot
area
standard
stdcubicfeetat60deg
volumeper POSC scf(60F)/ft3 scm(15C)/m3 0 0.9980757 1 0
Ft/cubicfoot
volume
standard
stdcubicmetresat15deg
volumeper POSC scm(15C)/d scm(15C)/s 0 1 86400 0
C/day
time
stdcubicmetres/stock volumeper
POSC scm15/stb60 Euc 0 1 0.1589873 0
tankbarrel volume
secondsangular planeangle POSC seca seca rad 0 0.00000484814 1 0
areaper sigma
captureunit POSC cu 1/m 0 0.1 1 0
volume (Deprecated)
stdcubicmetres/1000std volumeper
POSC sm3/ksm3 Euc 0 1 1000 0
cubicmetre volume
stdcubicmetres/std volumeper
POSC sm3/sm3 Euc 0 1 1 0
cubicmetres volume
sqft
squarefeet area POSC ft2 m2 0 0.09290304 1 0
(Deprecated)

sqin
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squareinches area POSC (Deprecated) in2 m2 0 0.00064516 1 0

sqmi
squaremiles area POSC mi2 m2 0 2589988 1 0
(Deprecated)
sqyd
squareyards area POSC yd2 m2 0 0.8361274 1 0
(Deprecated)
stocktankbarrelat60 standard
POSC stb(60F) scm(15C) 0 0.1589873 1 0
degF volume
standard
stocktankbarrels,60deg
volumeper POSC stb(60F)/acre scm(15C)/m2 0 0.1589873 4046.873 0
F/acre
area
standard
stocktankbarrels,60deg
volumeper POSC stb(60F)/bbl scm(15C)/m3 0 1 1 0
F/barrel
volume
standard
stocktankbarrels,60deg
volumeper POSC stb(60F)/d scm(15C)/s 0 0.1589873 86400 0
F/day
time
stocktankbarrels/million volumeper
POSC stb60/MMscf60 Euc 0 0.1589873 28262.357 0
stdcuft volume
stocktankbarrels/million volumeper
POSC stb60/MMscm15 Euc 0 0.1589873 1000000 0
stdcumts volume
stocktankbarrels/1000 volumeper
POSC stb60/Mscf60 Euc 0 0.1589873 28.262357 0
stdcuft volume
stocktankbarrels/1000 volumeper
POSC stb60/Mscm15 Euc 0 0.1589873 1000 0
stdcumetres volume
stocktankbarrels/stdcu volumeper
POSC stb60/scm15 Euc 0 0.1589873 1 0
metres volume
doseequivalent
sievertsperhour POSC Sv/h Sv/s 0 1 3600 0
rate
tonne mass POSC t t kg 0 1000 1 0
tonnes/year massflowrate POSC t/a t/a kg/s 0 1000 31558150 0
tonnes/day massflowrate POSC t/d t/d kg/s 0 1000 86400 0
tonnes/hour massflowrate POSC t/h t/h kg/s 0 1000 3600 0
tonnesperminute massflowrate POSC t/min t/min kg/s 0 1000 60 0
quantityof
talbot POSC talbot lm.s lm.s 0 1 1 0
light
activity(of
terabecquerel POSC TBq TBq Bq 0 1.0E12 1 0
radioactivity)
trillioncubicfeet volume POSC tcf m3 0 28316850000 1 0
energy
teraelectronvolts POSC TeV TeV J 0 0.0000001602177 1 0
work
energy
therms POSC therm J 0 105505600 1 0
work
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
therms/cubicfoot POSC therm/ft3 J/m3 0 105505600 0.02831685 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
therms/UKgallon POSC therm/galUK therm/galUK J/m3 0 23208000000 1 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity

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radiantenergy
density
therms/poundmass specificenergy POSC therm/lbm therm/lbm J/kg 0 105505600 0.4535924 0
energy
terajoules POSC TJ TJ J 0 1000000000000 1 0
work
terajoules/year heatflowrate POSC TJ/a TJ/a W 0 1000000000000 31558150 0
resistance
teraohm POSC Tohm Tohm ohm 0 1000000000000 1 0
impedance
tonsofrefrigeration power POSC tonofrefrig W 0 3516.853 1 0
UKtonsforce force POSC tonfUK N 0 9964.016 1 0
UKtonfeetsquared forcearea POSC tonfUK.ft2 N.m2 0 925.6874 1 0
UKtonsforce/foot forceperlength POSC tonfUK/ft N/m 0 9964.016 0.3048 0
UKtonsforce/squarefoot pressure POSC tonfUK/ft2 Pa 0 9964.016 0.09290304 0
UStonsforce force POSC tonfUS N 0 8896.443 1 0
momentof
force
UStonsforcefeet momentof POSC tonfUS.ft J 0 2711.636 1 0
couple
torque

UStonsforcefeet
forcearea POSC tonfUS.ft2 N.m2 0 826.5067 1 0
squared
momentof
force
UStonsforcemiles momentof POSC tonfUS.mi J 0 14317440 1 0
couple
torque
normalstress
shearstress
modulusof
elasticity
shearmodulus
modulusof
rigidity
UStonforcemiles/barrel POSC tonfUS.mi/bbl J/m3 0 14317440 0.1589873 0
bulkmodulus
modulusof
compression
electromagnetic
energydensity
radiantenergy
density
forcelengthper
UStonsforcemiles/foot POSC tonfUS.mi/ft N 0 14317440 0.3048 0
length
UStonsforce/foot forceperlength POSC tonfUS/ft N/m 0 8896.443 0.3048 0
forceperarea
UStonsforce/squarefoot POSC tonfUS/ft2 Pa 0 95760.52 1 0
pressure
forceperarea
UStonsforce/squareinch POSC tonfUS/in2 Pa 0 13789510 1 0
pressure
UKtons mass POSC tonUK tonUK kg 0 1016.047 1 0
UKtons/year massflowrate POSC tonUK/a tonUK/a kg/s 0 1016.047 31558150 0
UKtons/day massflowrate POSC tonUK/d tonUK/d kg/s 0 1016.047 86400 0
UKtons/hour massflowrate POSC tonUK/h tonUK/h kg/s 0 1016.047 3600 0
UKtons/minute massflowrate POSC tonUK/min tonUK/min kg/s 0 1016.047 60 0
UStons mass POSC tonUS tonUS kg 0 907.1847 1 0
UStons/year massflowrate POSC tonUS/a tonUS/a kg/s 0 907.1847 31558150 0
UStons/day massflowrate POSC tonUS/d tonUS/d kg/s 0 907.1847 86400 0
surfacedensity
UStons/squarefoot POSC tonUS/ft2 tonUS/ft2 kg/m2 0 9764.855 1 0
areicmass
UStons/hour massflowrate POSC tonUS/h tonUS/h kg/s 0 907.1847 3600 0
UStons/minute massflowrate POSC tonUS/min tonUS/min kg/s 0 907.1847 60 0
forceperarea
torr POSC torr Pa 0 133.3224 1 0
pressure
power
terawatts POSC TW TW W 0 1000000000000 1 0
heatflowrate

energy
terrawatthours POSC TW.h TW.h J 0 3.6E+015 1 0
work

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electriccurrent
magnetic
microampere potential POSC uA uA A 0 0.000001 1 0
difference
magnetomotive
force
microamperepersquare
currentdensity POSC uA/cm2 uA/cm2 A/m2 0 0.01 1 0
centimeter
microamperepersquare
currentdensity POSC uA/in2 uA/in2 A/m2 0 0.000001 0.00064516 0
inch
forceperarea
microbars POSC ubar ubar Pa 0 0.1 1 0
pressure
electric
capacity
microcoulomb POSC uC uC C 0 0.000001 1 0
electriccharge
electricflux
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
microcalories/second fluencerate
POSC ucal/s.cm2 W/m2 0 0.04184 1 0
squarecentimetre radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
activity(of
POSC uCi uCi Bq 0 37000 1 0
radioactivity)
activity(of ucurie
microcurie POSC Bq 0 37000 1 0
radioactivity) (Deprecated)
dimensionless
microEuclids POSC uEuc ppm Euc 0 0.000001 1 0
poissonratio
microfarads capacitance POSC uF uF F 0 0.000001 1 0
microfarads/metre permittivity POSC uF/m uF/m F/m 0 0.000001 1 0
micrograms mass POSC ug ug kg 0 0.000000001 1 0
density
micrograms/cubic
massdensity POSC ug/cm3 ug/cm3 kg/m3 0 0.001 1 0
centimetre
volumicmass
selfinductance
microhenry POSC uH uH H 0 0.000001 1 0
permeance
magnetic
microhenries/metre POSC uH/m uH/m H/m 0 0.000001 1 0
permeability
microhertz frequency POSC uHz uHz rad/s 0 0.000006283185307 1 0
energy
microjoules POSC uJ uJ J 0 0.000001 1 0
work
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
microns radiusof POSC um um m 0 0.000001 1 0
curvature
diameter
lengthofpath
wavelength
meanfreepath
micrometerpersecond velocity POSC um/s um/s m/s 0 0.000001 1 0
squaremicrons area POSC um2 um2 m2 0 0.000000000001 1 0
squaremicronmetres volume POSC um2.m um2.m m3 0 0.000000000001 1 0
micronsofMercuryat0 forceperarea
POSC umHg(0C) Pa 0 0.1333224 1 0
degC pressure
amountof
micromole POSC umol umol mol 0 0.000001 1 0
substance
micronewtons force POSC uN uN N 0 0.000001 1 0
unitless
unitless dimensionless POSC Euc 0 1 1 0
(Deprecated)
resistance
microohm POSC uohm uohm ohm 0 0.000001 1 0
impedance

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microhmperfoot resistivityper POSC uohm/ft uohm/ft ohm/m 0 0.000001 0.3048 0
length
resistivityper
microhmpermeter POSC uohm/m uohm/m ohm/m 0 0.000001 1 0
length
forceperarea
micropascal POSC uPa uPa Pa 0 0.000001 1 0
pressure
forceperarea
micropounds/squareinch POSC upsi upsi Pa 0 0.006894757 1 0
pressure
microradian planeangle POSC urad urad rad 0 0.000001 1 0
electric
conductance
microsiemens POSC uS uS S 0 0.000001 1 0
admittance
susceptance
microsecond time POSC us us s 0 0.000001 1 0
timeperlength
microseconds/foot POSC us/ft us/ft s/m 0 0.000001 0.3048 0
slowness
timeperlength
microseconds/metre POSC us/m us/m s/m 0 0.000001 1 0
slowness
magnetic
induction
microteslas POSC uT uT T 0 0.000001 1 0
magneticflux
density
electric
microvolts POSC uV uV V 0 0.000001 1 0
potential
electricfield
microvoltperfoot POSC uV/ft uV/ft V/m 0 0.000001 0.3048 0
strength
electricfield
microvoltpermeter POSC uV/m uV/m V/m 0 0.000001 1 0
strength
power
microwatts POSC uW uW W 0 0.000001 1 0
heatflowrate
powerper
microwatts/cubicmetre POSC uW/m3 uW/m3 W/m3 0 0.000001 1 0
volume
microwebers magneticflux POSC uWb uWb Wb 0 0.000001 1 0
potential
volts/decibel differenceper POSC V/dB V/dB V/B 0 10 1 0
perpowerdrop
volumeper volpercent
volumepercent POSC % Euc 0 0.01 1 0
volume (Deprecated)
volumeper volppm
volumepartspermillion POSC ppm Euc 0 0.000001 1 0
volume (Deprecated)
densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
fluencerate
watts/squarecentimetre radiantexitance POSC W/cm2 W/cm2 W/m2 0 10000 1 0
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate

watts/kilowatt relativepower POSC W/kW W/kW Euc 0 0.001 1 0


densityofheat
flowrate
poyntingvector
radiantenergy
wattspersquare fluencerate
POSC W/mm2 W/mm2 W/m2 0 1000000 1 0
millimeter radiantexitance
irradiance
soundintensity
energyfluence
rate
watts/watt relativepower POSC W/W W/W Euc 0 1 1 0
magneticvector
webers/millimetre POSC Wb/mm Wb/mm Wb/m 0 1000 1 0
potential

weeks time POSC wk s 0 604800 1 0


mass wtpercent
weightpercent POSC % Euc 0 0.01 1 0
concentration (Deprecated)

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weightpartspermillion mass POSC wtppm ppm Euc 0 0.000001 1 0
concentration (Deprecated)
length
breadth
height
thickness
radius
radiusof
yards POSC yd m 0 0.9144 1 0
curvature
Cartesian
coordinates
diameter
lengthofpath
distance
squareyards area POSC yd2 m2 0 0.83612736 1 0
cubicyard volume POSC yd3 1/27ft3 m3 0 0.7645549 1 0
length
depth
Benoitsyard(1895A) Cartesian POSC ydBnA m 0 0.9143992 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Benoitsyard(1895B) Cartesian POSC ydBnB m 0 36 39.370113 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Clarkesyard Cartesian POSC ydCla m 0 0.914391795 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
imperialyard Cartesian POSC ydIm m 0 0.914391795 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Indianyard Cartesian POSC ydInd m 0 36 39.370142 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Indianyard(1937) Cartesian POSC ydInd(37) m 0 0.91439523 1 0
coordinates
distance

length
depth
Indianyard(1962) Cartesian POSC ydInd(62) m 0 0.9143988 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Indianyard(1975) Cartesian POSC ydInd(75) m 0 0.9143985 1 0
coordinates
distance
length
depth
Searsyard Cartesian POSC ydSe m 0 36 39.370147 0
coordinates
distance
yr(100k)
100000years time POSC s 0 3155815000000 1 0
(Deprecated)

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