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Conversion Factors

Length
1 Centimetre	=	0.3937	Inches	1 Inch	=	2.54	Cms
1 Metre	=	3.2808	Feet	1 Foot	=	0.3048	Metres
1 Kilometre	=	0.62137	Miles	1 Mile	=	1.60934	Kilometres
1 Kilometre	=	0.53996	Nautical Miles	1 Naut Mile	=	1.852	Kilometres

Area
1 Sq. Metre	=	10.7639	Sq. Feet	1 Sq. Feet	=	0.092903	Sq. Metre
1 Hectare	=	2.47105	Acres	1 Acre	=	0.404686	Hectare
1 Sq. Km	=	0.3861	Sq. Miles	1 Sq. Miles	=	2.58999	Sq. Km
1 Sq. Km	=	247.105	Acres	1 Acres	=	0.004047	Sq. Km

Weight
1 Kilogram	=	2.20462	Pounds (lbs)	1 Pounds (lbs)	=	0.45359	Kilograms
1 Metric Ton	=	0.98412	Long Tons	1 Long Tons	=	1.01605	Metric Tons
1 Metric Ton	=	1.10231	Short Tons	1 Short Tons	=	0.907185	Metric Tons
				1 Long Ton	=	2,240	lbs

Volume
1 Litre	=	0.2642	U.S. Gallons	1 U.S. Gallons	=	3.785	Litres
1 Litre	=	0.21997	U.K. Gallons	1 U.K. Gallons	=	4.54609	Litres
1 Cu. Metre	=	6.2898	Barrels	1 Barrels	=	0.159	Cu. Metres
1 Barrel	=	42.0	U.S. Gallons	1 Barrels	=	158.97	Barrels

Standard Energy Equivalents

1000 metric tons of oil equivalent. (TOE)
10.0	tercalories (net)
41.9	terajoules (net)
1.43	thousand metric tons of coal equivalent
1.20	million cubic metres of natural gas
11.63	gigawatt hours of electricity
7.0	thousand barrels of oil equivalent
39.68	billion (10⁹) BTUs (net)

1000 Barrels of oil equivalent. (BOE)
1.43	tercalories (net)
6.0	terajoules (net)
0.204	thousand metric tons of coal equivalent
0.172	million cubic metres of natural gas
1.661	gigawatt hours of electricity
0.143	thousand metric tons of oil equivalent
5.674	billion (10⁹) BTUs (net)

1000 metric tons of coal equivalent. (TCE)
7.00	tercalories (net)
29.3	terajoules (net)
0.84	million cubic metres of natural gas
8.14	gigawatt hours of electricity
0.70	thousand metric tons of oil equivalent
27.78	billion (10⁹) BTUs (net)

Multiples
micro	=	one millionth	hecto	=	one hundred
milli	=	one thousandth	kilo	=	one thousand
centi	=	one hundredth	mega	=	one million
deci	=	one tenth	giga	=	one billion (10⁹)
deca	=	ten	tera	=	one trillion (10¹²)

Energy & Work Equivalents
		Terejoules	Teracalories	Million BTUs	Megawatt hours
1 Terajoule	=	1.0	0.2388	947.8	277.7
1 Teracalorie	=	4.1868	1.0	3968	1163
1 Million BTUs	=	0.001055	0.000252	1.0	0.29299
1 Megawatt hour	=	0.003601	0.000860	3.4130	1.0

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