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UNIT CONVERSION FACTORS 1

TIME
1 hour = 1 hr = 3600 s
4
1 day = 8.64 × 10 s
7
1 year = 1 yr = 3.1536 × 10 s

LENGTH
1 foot = 1 ft = 0.3048 m
1 kilometer = 1 km = 1000 m
1 mile = 1 mi = 1.609 km
−2
1 cm = 10 m

VELOCITY

1 foot per second = 0.3048 m/s
1 kilometer per hour = 1 kph = 1000 m/hr = 0.278 m/s
1 mile per hour = 1 mph = 1.609 km/hr = 1609 m/hr = 0.447 m/s

1 Adapted from Fanchi (2010), Appendix A .

Introduction to Petroleum Engineering, First Edition. John R. Fanchi and Richard L. Christiansen.
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