Appendix
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TABLE A3. (continued)
Temp
K
Temp
C
TABLE A4. Conversion factors
Length
Area
Volume
Density
Pressure
Heat
Heat flux
Heat flux density
1 m = 100cm = 1OOOrnm
lm2 = 10, 000cm 2 = lo6 rnm2
lm3 = 106cm3 = 1ogmm3
1 Mg/m3 = lo3 kg/m-3 = 1 g/cmP3
1 kPa = 10mb
1 Joule = 0.2388 cal
1 Watt = 0.8598 kcalhr
1 W/m
2 = 0.8598 kcal m-2 hr-I
1 W/m
2 = 1.433 x 10-3 cal cm-2 minP'
1 W/m
2 = 2.388 x
cal cm-2 s-I
TABLE AS. Physical constants
Speed of light in vacuum
2.997925 x 10
8
rn/s
Avagadro constant
6.02252 x 1023mol-1
Planck constant
6.6256 x
Js
Gas constant
8.3 143 J mol-' C-I
Boltzmann constant
1.38054 x
J C-'
Stefan-Boltzrnann constant
5.6697 x 1 0-8 W m-2 C-4