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<br />CONVERSION FACTORS, VERTICAL DATUM, AND ACRONYMS <br /> <br />Mulllply <br /> <br />By <br /> <br />To obtain <br /> <br />cubic foot per second (ftJ/s) <br />fOOl (ft) <br />fOOl squared per day (fl'/d) <br />gallon per minute (gaVrnin) <br />inch (in.) <br />liler(L) <br />mile(mi) <br />milliliter (mL) <br />millimeter (nun) <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 />meler <br />meter squared per day <br />liter per second <br />millimeter <br />gallon <br />kilomeler <br />cubic inch <br />inch <br />metric Ion 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 = 519 (OF-32). <br /> <br />DEF <br />PCB <br />DDD <br />DDE <br />DDT <br />BHC <br />HCB <br /> <br />The following terms and abbreviations also are used in this report: <br />microgram per gram (Jlg/g) <br />microgram per liter (JlgIL) <br />micrometer (Jlm) <br />milligram per liter (mg/L) <br />microsiemen~ per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius (J.1S/cm) " If <br />I 4> A ///1:; of lO"ltilJ,h,,,,c..e. i?';v/,( k, Dr1~ f"1P2 F(" 0 _ . . . . <br /> <br />S,S,S-Tributyl phosphoro trithioate 8m'pere (Am'pfr') n. 1. A Unit o~ elcctnc current In the <br />. . meter-k.ilogram-second system. It IS the s.tell:d~ current thai <br />polychlonnated biphenyl when nowing in str~ghl paraDel Wires of ,lnrmlte length and <br />.. negligible cross scenon .separated by a dIstance of one me- <br />1.1-dlchloro -2,2-bIS (p-chlorophenyl) ethane rer m Ir~ space, produ~s a force between.t~e wires of 2 x <br />dichloro diphenyl dichloroethylene 10-' newtons per m.e~er of length. 2. A ~OIt 10 the Interna- <br />tionaJ System speCIfied as one International coulomb per <br />dichloro diphenyltrichloroethane secoIl:d and equaJ to 0.999835 ampere. [After Andre Mane <br />b h hI 'd Ampm (1775-1836).) <br />enzene exac on e <br />hexachlorobenzene <br /> <br />Sea level: In this repon"sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD of ] 929)--a geodetic datum derived from <br />a general adjustment of the first-order level nets of both the United Stales and Canada, fonnerly 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 [I-(percent moisture)/100j. <br /> <br />VI CONTENTS <br />