Units & Conversions

The table below describes various units relevant to hoses and fittings, including pressure unit, volume unit and mass unit etc. The table also contains conversion factors for different units, which can be useful as a reference when you need to convert between different units.
Unit Unit sign Converted to Conversion factor
Lenght
1 tum in mm 25,4
1 millimeter mm in 0,03934
1 feet ft m 0,3048
1 meter m fot 3,28084
Surface
1 square metres sq in cm2 6,4516
1 square centimetres cm2 sq in 0,1550
Volume
1 gallon (UK) gal 1 4,54596
1 litre 1 gal (UK) 0,219976
1 gallon (US) gal 1 3,78533
1 litre l gal (US) 0,264177
Weight
1 pound lb kg 0,453592
1 kilograms kg lb 2,204622
Weight per unit length
1 pound per foot lb/ft kg/m 1,488164
1 kilogram per metre kg/m lb/feet 0,671969
Pressure
1 pound per square inch psi bar 0,06895
1 bar bar psi 14,5035
1 pound per square inch psi MPa 0,006895
1 Mega Pascal MPa psi 145,035
Speed
1 feet per second ft/s m/sec 0,3048
1 meter per second m/s fot/sec 3,280840
Required quantity
1 gallon per minute (UK) gal per min 1/min 4,54596
1 litre per minute l/min gal per min (UK) 0,219976
1 gallon per minute gal per min l/min 3,78533
1 litre per minute l/min gal per min (US) 0,264178
Temperature
Degrees Fahrenheit °F °F °C (°F - 32)
Degrees Celsius °C °C °F + 32

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