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conversion fators for chemistry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pound to gram | 1 lb = 453.6 g |
| meter to yard | 1 meter = 1.094 yd. |
| mile to feet | 1 mi = 5280 ft |
| inch to cm | 1 inch = 2.54cm |
| kilometer to miles | 1 km = 0.621 mi |
| yard to feet | 1 yd = 3ft |
| pint to cups | 1 pint = 2 cups pint of beer |
| cups to ounces? | 1 cup = 8 oz |
| pound to ounces | 1 lb = 16 0z |
| gallon to liters? | 1 gal = 3.785 L |
| Tera | 10^12 1 trillion grams = 1 tera gram |
| giga | 10^9 1 billion grams = 1 gigagram |
| mega | 10^6g one million grams = 1 mega gram |
| kilo | 10^3 1000 grams = 1kg |
| hecto | 1hg = 100g 10^2 |
| deca- | 1 dag = 10g 10^-1 of a ... |
| deci | 10 dl =1 g .1 one tenth 10^-1 |
| centi | 100cm = 1 m .01 10^-2 one hndredth |
| milli | 1000mm in a meter 10^-3rd of a meter |
| micro | 1 million micro... 10^-6 of a gram one millionth of a gram |
| nano- | one billion nano... 10^-9th of a meter one billionth of a meter |
| pico | one trillion pico... 10^-12th of a meter |
| femto | 1 quadrillion fm in a meter 10^-15th of a merter one quadrillionth of a meter |
| Density Equation | Density (g/mL) = mass (g) / volume (mL) |
| mL to cubic centimeters | 1 mL = 1 cubic cenitmeter |
| liter to cubic meters | 1000 L = 1 cubic meters |
| calorie to joule | 1 calorie = 4.184 joules |
| Calorie to calorie | 1 Cal = 1000cal |
| kilowatt-hour (kWh) to joules | 1 kWh = 3.60 x 10^6 joules |
| meter to inches | 1 meter = 39.37 in |