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<br />CONVERSION FACTORS, VERTICAL DATUM, AND ACRONYMS <br /> <br />MuRlply <br /> <br />By <br /> <br />To obtain <br /> <br />cubic foot per second (ft3/s) <br />foot (ft) <br />foot squared per day (f2/d) <br />gallon per minute (gal/min) <br />inch (in.) <br />liter(L) <br />mile(mi) <br />milliliter (mL) <br />millimeter (mm) <br />ton per day <br /> <br />0.02832 <br />0.3048 <br />0.09290 <br />0.06309 <br />25.4 <br />0.2642 <br />1.609 <br />0.0610 <br />0.03937 <br />0.9072 <br /> <br />cubic meter per second <br />meter <br />meter squared per day <br />liter per second <br />millimeter <br />gallon <br />kilometer <br />cubic inch <br />inch <br />metric ton per day <br /> <br />Degree Celsius (oC) may be converted to degree Fahrenheit (oF) by using the following equation: <br />of = 9/5 (oC) + 32. <br /> <br />Degree Fahrenheit (oF) may be converted to degree Celsius (oC) by using the following equation: <br />oC = 5/9 (OF-32). <br /> <br />The following terms and abbreviations also are used in this report: <br />microgram per gram (~g/g) <br />microgram per liter (~g/L) <br />micrometer (~m) <br />milligram per liter (mg/L) <br />microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius (~S/cm) <br /> <br />DEF <br />PCB <br />DDD <br />DDE <br />DDT <br />BHC <br />HCB <br /> <br />S,S,S-Tributyl phosphoro trithioate <br />polychlorinated biphenyl <br />l,l-dichloro -2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane <br />dichloro diphenyl dichloroethylene <br />dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane <br />benzene hexachloride <br />hexachlorobenzene <br /> <br />Sea level: In this report "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD of 1929)--a geodetic datum derived from <br />a general adjustment of the first-order level nets of both the United States and Canada, formerly called Sea Level Datum of 1929. <br /> <br />For those who wish to convert dry-weight concentrations to wet-weight concentrations for biological samples, <br />the equation is: <br /> <br />wet weight concentration = dry weight concentration [l-(percent moisture)/lOO]. <br /> <br />VI CONTENTS <br />