Electromagnetic and Thermal Unit Converter

A converter with only the quantities a power-magnetics or thermal engineer actually reaches for - no cooking measures, no astronomical units. It keeps the distinction between an absolute temperature and a temperature difference, which most general converters get wrong.

Why this converter is deliberately small

General-purpose converters carry thousands of units, and the cost is that the two entries you need sit twenty rows apart from things you will never use. Everything here is a quantity that turns up in magnetics, power electronics or thermal design.

One distinction worth calling out: temperature and temperature difference are separate quantities. 180 degF as an absolute temperature is 82.2 degC; 180 degF as a rise is 100 K. Converters that offer only the first silently give the wrong answer for a thermal resistance calculation.

Supported quantities and units

Geometry

Length m, mm, cm, um, nm, km, mil, in, ft
Area m^2, mm^2, cm^2, in^2, cmil, kcmil
Volume m^3, mm^3, cm^3, L, in^3

Electromagnetic

Frequency Hz, kHz, MHz, GHz, rad/s, rpm
Inductance H, mH, uH, nH, pH
Capacitance F, mF, uF, nF, pF
Resistance Ohm, mOhm, uOhm, kOhm, MOhm
Resistivity Ohm*m, uOhm*m, nOhm*m, Ohm*cm, uOhm*cm, Ohm*mm^2/m
Electrical conductivity S/m, MS/m, S/mm, %IACS
Magnetic flux density (B) T, mT, uT, G, kG, Wb/m^2
Magnetic field strength (H) A/m, kA/m, A/mm, Oe, At/m
Magnetic flux Wb, mWb, uWb, Mx, V*s
Permeability H/m, uH/m, nH/m, mu0
Magnetomotive force A*t, A, kA*t, Gb
Current A, mA, uA, kA
Current density A/m^2, A/mm^2, A/cm^2, A/in^2, A/kcmil
Voltage V, mV, uV, kV

Thermal

Power W, mW, kW, MW, BTU/h, hp
Volumetric power density W/m^3, kW/m^3, W/cm^3, mW/cm^3, W/L
Specific (mass) loss W/kg, mW/g, W/g, mW/kg
Heat flux W/m^2, kW/m^2, W/cm^2, BTU/(h*ft^2)
Energy J, mJ, kJ, Wh, kWh, cal, BTU, eV
Temperature (absolute) K, degC, degF
Temperature difference K, degC, degF
Thermal conductivity W/(m*K), mW/(m*K), W/(cm*K), BTU/(h*ft*degF)
Heat transfer coefficient W/(m^2*K), W/(cm^2*K), BTU/(h*ft^2*degF)
Thermal resistance K/W, degC/W, degC/mW, degF*h/BTU
Specific heat capacity J/(kg*K), kJ/(kg*K), J/(g*K), cal/(g*degC), BTU/(lb*degF)
Velocity m/s, km/h, ft/s, ft/min, mph

General

Density kg/m^3, g/cm^3, kg/dm^3, lb/in^3
Mass kg, g, mg, t, lb, oz
Time s, ms, us, ns, min, h
Angle rad, deg, mrad