Simple Unit Conversion
Simple Unit Conversion
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Hi All
I am having a difference of opinion with some folks I work with regarding a unit conversion that I would like feedback on! Greatly appreciate it. The situation is as follows:
A manufacturer of a flux sensor lists its sensitivity as 1.9 microvolts per Watts/m2. What is the sensitivity in units of microvolts per Btu/hr/ft2.
Please respond!
Ron
I am having a difference of opinion with some folks I work with regarding a unit conversion that I would like feedback on! Greatly appreciate it. The situation is as follows:
A manufacturer of a flux sensor lists its sensitivity as 1.9 microvolts per Watts/m2. What is the sensitivity in units of microvolts per Btu/hr/ft2.
Please respond!
Ron





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RE: Simple Unit Conversion
m^2 = 10.76391 ft^2
W/m^2 = 0.316998 BTU/(hr∙ft^2)
1.9 µV/(W/m^2) = 5.994 µV/(BTU/(hr∙ft^2))
RE: Simple Unit Conversion
RE: Simple Unit Conversion
And interestingly, the conversions of watt to BTU/hr and m^2 to ft^2 match Mathcad's to 10 sigfigs, but the heat flux density only matches to 8, and manually cranking the conversion using that site's conversion factors yields 5.99372. and the sigfigs match to 8 sigfigs (5.9937224156 vs. 5.993722478), as one might reasonably expect.
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RE: Simple Unit Conversion
Best regards, Morten