Chemical Engineers' Portable Handbook
Emphasizing practice-oriented design and approaches, this guide offers a presentation of the salient and important aspects of chemical engineering for practicing professionals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chemical Engineers' Portable Handbook
Appendix A
Units
| meter (m) | = 100 cm | = 3.2808 ft |
| m 2 | = 10 4cm 2 | = 10.7637 ft 2 |
| m 3 | = 10 6cm 3 | = 35.3147 ft 3 = 264.17 gallons |
| kg | = 1000gm | = 2.2046 lbm |
| newton (N) | = 10 5 dynes | = 0.2248 lb force |
| joule (J) | = Nm | = 10 7 ergs = 0.239 calories = 0.7376 ft lbf |
| = 9.4783 10 -4 Btu | ||
| watt | = J/s | = 0.239 cal/s = 0.7376 ft lbf/s |
| = 9.4783 10 -4 Btu/s = 1.341 10 -3 horsepower | ||
| pascal | = N/m 2 | = 10 dyne/cm 2 = 1.4504 10 -4 lbf/m 2 |
| = 10 -5 bar | = 9.8687 10 -6 atmosphere | |
| pascal-second | = 10 poise | = 1000 cp = 0.672 lbm/ft s |
| watt/mK | = 0.5778 Btu/ft h F = 2.39 10 -3 cal/cmK | |
| m 2/s | = 10 4cm 2/s = 10.7637 ft 2/s |
| R | = 1.8( K) |
| ( ? F) | = 1.8( ? F) |
| F | = 1.8( C) + 32 F |
| K | = C + 273.16 |
| R | = F + 460 |
Constants
| Gas Constant* (R) | = 8.314J/a = 8.314m 3Pa/a = 83.14cm 3 bar/a |
| = 82.06cm 3 atm/a = 1.987 cal/a = 1.987 Btu/b | |
| = 0.7302 ft 3 atm/b = 10.73 ft 2 (psia)/b = 1,545 ft lbf/b | |
| where a | = gm mole K |
| b | = lb mole R |
| Acceleration of gravity | = 9.8067 m/s 2 = 32.1740 ft/s 2 |
| Avogadro's number |
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