TABLE OF CONTENTS James O. Maloney, Ph.D., P.E. Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas; Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineering; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member, American Chemical Society; Member, American Society for Engineering Education
| CONVERSION FACTORS | ||
| Table 1-1 | SI Base and Supplementary Quantities and Units | 1-2 |
| Table 1-2a | Derived Units of SI that Have Special Names | 1-2 |
| Table 1-2b | Additional Common Derived Units of SI | 1-2 |
| Table 1-3 | SI Prefixes | 1-2 |
| Table 1-4 | Conversion Factors: U.S. Customary and Commonly Used Units to SI Units | 1-3 |
| Table 1-5 | Metric Conversion Factors as Exact Numerical Multiples of SI Units | 1-12 |
| Table 1-6 | Alphabetical Listing of Common Conversions | 1-14 |
| Table 1-7 | Common Units and Conversion Factors | 1-17 |
| Table 1-8 | Kinematic-Viscosity Conversion Formulas | 1-17 |
| Table 1-9 | Values of the Gas-Law Constant | 1-17 |
| Table 1-10 | United States Customary System of Weights and Measures | 1-18 |
| Table 1-11 | Temperature Conversion | 1-18 |
| Table 1-12 | Greek Alphabet | 1-18 |
| Table 1-13 | Specific Gravity, Degrees Baum , Degrees API, Degrees Twaddell, Pounds per Gallon, Pounds per Cubic Foot | 1-19 |
| Table 1-14 | Fundamental Physical Constants | 1-20 |
| CONVERSION OF VALUES FROM U.S. CUSTOMARY UNITS TO SI UNITS |
| Quantity or dimension | SI unit | SI unit symbol ( abbreviation ); Use roman (upright) type | |
| Base quantity or dimension | |||
| length | meter | m | |
| mass | kilogram | kg | |
| time | second | s | |
| electric current | ampere | A | |
| thermodynamic temperature | kelvin | K | |
| amount of substance | mole [*] | mol | |
| luminous intensity | candela | cd | |
| Supplementary... |
