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Where can I find unit conversion factors or calculators?

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Where can I find unit conversion factors or calculators?

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Here’s a list of the most frequently used conversion factors. For a (very) comprehensive list of conversion factors, get a copy of NIST Special Publication 811, which you can download from the NIST SI bibliography, and see Appendix B. Some handheld calculators can do unit conversions, but we don’t keep a list of model numbers. In the 1970s, various companies made cardboard or plastic “slide” converters, but as far as we know, they exist only as antiques these days. Online, Google can do unit conversions. Note that it’s best to avoid conversions as a way of learning and understanding the metric system; instead, try to “think” in metric. In a way, it’s like learning another language. If your native language is English and you learn Spanish, you wouldn’t have to translate “la puerta está abierta” into English — “the door is open” — before understanding what it means; you’d understand the Spanish directly. Similarly, it’s best to learn to understand metric measurements directly, without ha

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