CONVERSION FACTORS

 From:                                        To:                                                   Multiply By:

barrels cubic feet     5.614583
  cubic meters      0.15898729
  gallons (U.S.) 42
  liters  158.98284
     
 centimeters    inches 0.39370079
  meters  0.01
  millimeters  10
     
cubic feet  barrels   0.1781076
  cubic inches  1,728
  cubic meters   0.028316847
  gallons (U.S.) 7.4805195
     
cubic inches cubic centimeters 16.387064
     
cubic meters barrels 6.289811
  cubic centimeters  1,000,000
  cubic feet  35.314667
  cubic inches  61,023.74
  gallons (U.S) 264.17205
  liters 999.972
     
fathoms feet 6
  meters 1.8288
     
feet centimeters 30.48
  fathoms 0.166667
  inches   12
  meters  0.3048
     
gallons (U.S.) cubic inches 231
  liters 3.785306
     
inches centimeters 2.54
  millimeters    25.4
     
inches of water    millimeters of water   25.4
     
inches of water (4°C)   kg/cm2   0.002539927
  psi     0.03612625
     
kilograms pounds (avdp) 2.2046226
  tons (metric) 0.001
     
kg/cm2 inches of water (4°C) 393.7122
  millimeters of water (4°C) 10,000.28
  psi 14.223343
     
liters cubic centimeters  1,000.028
  cubic inches 61.02545
  cubic meters 0.001000028
  gallons (U.S.) 0.2641794
     
meters      centimeters 100
  fathoms 0.54680665
  feet 3.2808399
  inches  39.370079
  millimeters 1,000
     
millimeters inches 0.039370079
     
millimeters of water inches of water 0.039370079
     
millimeters of water (4°C) kg/cm2 0.00009999709
  psi 0.001422293
     
pounds (avdp)    kilograms  0.45359237
     
psi     inches of water (4°C) 27.6807
  kg/cm2 0.070306958
  millimeters of water (4°C)  703.089
     
tons (long) kilograms  1,016.0469
  pounds (avdp)  2,240
  tons (metric) 1.0160469
     
tons (metric)  kilograms  1,000
  pounds (avdp) 2,204.6226
  tons (long)  0.98420653
     

 

Source:  G. S. Marton, Tanker Operations - A Handbook for The Ship's Officer, Third Edition, Cornell Maritime Press, Maryland, 1992, pp. Appendix.

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