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SI (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors
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... /1.8 Temperature temperature temperature ILLUMINATION ILLUMINATION fc foot-candles 10.76 lux lx lx lux 0.0929 foot-candles fc fl foot-Lamberts 3.426 candela/m2 cd/m2 cd/m2 candela/m2 0.2919 foot-Lamberts fl FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS lbf pound-force 4.45 Newtons NN Newtons 0.225 pound-force lbf psi poundforce per square inch 6.89 Kilopascals kPa kPa kilopascals 0.145 pound-forceper square inch psi * SI is the symbol for the International System of Units.
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