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This page contains information useful to perform units conversion between English (Imperial) and Metric (SI) units.

Metric Conversion Table:

UNIT

 

ENGLISH

 

METRIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Length

 

1 inch

 

25.4 mm

 

0.0254 m

 

 

1 foot

 

304.8 mm

 

0.3048 m

 

 

1 yard

 

914.4 mm

 

0.9144 m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area

 

1 in2

 

645.2 mm2

 

6.452E-4 m2

 

 

1 ft2

 

92900 mm2

 

0.09290 m2

 

 

1 yd2

 

836100 mm2

 

0.8361 m2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume

 

1 in3

 

16390 mm3

 

1.639E-5 m3

 

 

1 ft3

 

28320000 mm3

 

0.02832 m3

 

 

1 yd3

 

764600000 mm3

 

0.7646 m3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moment of Inertia

 

1 in4

 

416200 mm4

 

4.162E-7 m4

 

 

1 ft4

 

8631000000 mm4

 

0.008631 m4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weight/Force

 

1 lb

 

0.4536 kg

 

4.448 N

 

 

1 kip

 

453.6 kg

 

4.448 kN

 

 

1 lb/in

 

0.01786 kg/mm

 

175.1 N/m

 

 

1 lb/ft

 

0.001488 kg/mm

 

14.59 N/m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pressure

 

1 lb/in2

 

7.031 E-4 kg/mm2

 

6895 Pa

 

 

1 lb/ft2

 

4.883E-6 kg/mm2

 

47.88 Pa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Density

 

1 lb/in3

 

2.768E-5 kg/mm3

 

271400 N/m3

 

 

1 lb/ft3

 

1.602E-8 kg/mm3

 

157.1 N/m3

 

 

1 lb/yd3

 

5.933E-10 kg/mm3

 

5.818 N/m3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moment

 

1 in-lb

 

11.52 kg-mm

 

0.1130 N-m

 

 

1 ft-lb

 

138.3 kg-mm

 

1.356 N-m

 

 

1 ft-kip

 

138300 kg-mm

 

1356 N-m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gravity

 

32.2 ft/s2

 

9.807 m/s2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Other Resources:

  1. "Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), Appendix B - Conversion Factors", NIST Special Publication 811
  2. Metric Conversion Utility (Windows Program)
 

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