Chapter D: Dalton's Gas Law Dyne-Second/Square Centimeter

Dalton's gas law

See also GAS LAWS.

daraf

See also ELECTROSTATICS.

datum

level of reference for height measurement

day =

24 h	0.032877 month
1440 min	86,400 s

deca

See also deka (da).

decagram

DEKAGRAM

decameter

DEKAMETER

deci (d)

prefix, equals 0.1

decibel (dB)

SOUND

decibel =

• 0.1 B

• 0.115128 Np

decigram =

10 cg	1 E ? 04 kg
0.1 g

deciliter =

• 10 cl

• 0. 1 1

decimeter =

10 cm	0.1 m
0.3281 ft	100 mm
0.001 hm	0.1094 yd
3.937 in.

decistere =

• 0.1 m ³

• 0.1 stere

See also sound.

degC

degrees Celsius, temperature (formerly degrees Centigrade).

CD	degC = 1.8 F =K ? 273.16

degC absolute

K

CD	degC convert from F:

degF

degrees Fahrenheit, temperature

degF = 0.5556 C

= R ? 459.69

degF absolute

R

CD	degF convert from C:

degK

Kelvin, C (absolute)

degK = C + 273.16

= 0.5556 R

CD	degK convert from F:

degR

degrees Rankine, F (absolute)

CD	degR = F + 459.69 = 1.8 K

degree (angular)

measure of a plane angle, in degrees, as part of a 360 circle.

degree (angular) =

0.00278 of circle	0.017453 rad
60 min	0.00278 rev
0.01111 quadrant	3600 s

degree (angular)/inch = 0.006871 rad/cm

degree (angular)/minute =

0.01667 /s	4.63 E ? 05 rev/s
2.909 E ? 04 rad/s

degree (angular)/second =

60 /min