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PAPERBACK price:$90.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects Oil in the Sea:Inputs, Fates, and Effects Other Related Titles Using Oil Spill Dispersants on the Sea (1989) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix C: Conversion Factors." Using Oil Spill Dispersants on the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1989. Please select a format: Page 322   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 322 Front Matter (R1-R16) Executive Summary (1-5) 1 Use of Oil Dispersants: History and Issues (6-27) 2 Chemistry and Physics of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil (28-80) 3 Toxicological Testing of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil (81-164) 4 Intermediate-Scale Experiments and Field Studies of Dispersants Applied to Oil Spills (165-214) 5 How Dispersants Are Used: Techniques, Logistics, Monitoring, and Application Strategies (215-238) 6 Technical Basis of Decision Making (239-253) 7 Conclusions and Recommendations (254-264) References (265-306) Appendix A: Dispersant Products Information (307-316) Appendix B: Case Studies (317-321) Appendix C: Conversion Factors (322-323) Glossary and Acronyms (324-326) Index (327-335)

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APPENDIX C Conversion Factors Acres Acres Barrels Barrels Cubic Feet Feet Gallons (U.S.) Gallons (U.S.) Gallons (U.S.~/Acre Hectares Kilometers Kilometers Kilometers/Hour Knots Knots Knots Liters I`iters/Hectare Meters Miles (Nautical) Miles (Nautical) Miles (Nautical) x X 0.4047 X 4.047 x 10-3 42.0 35.0 2.832 X 10-2 0.3048 0.833 3.785 9.353 2.471 X 0.6214 X 0.5396 X 0.5396 X 1.852 X i.~51 X 0.5~5 X 0.264 X 0. X 3.281 X 6.076 X 103 X 1.852 X {.~5~6 322 Hectares Square Kilometers Gallons (U.S.) Gallons (Imperial) Cubic Meters Meters Gallons (Imperial) l:iters I,iters/Hectare Acres Miles (Statute) Miles (Nautical) Knots Kilometers/Hour Statute Miles/Hour Meters/Second Gallons (U.S.) Cubic Meters/ Square Kilometer Feet Feet Kilometers Miles (Statute)

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APPENDIX C Miles (Statute) Miles (Statute) Miles (Statute)/Hour Tons (U.S.) (2,000 I`bs) Tons (Metric) Tons (Metric) Tons (Metric) 323 x x 5.280 x 103 1.609 0.8684 .907 1.102 294 7.5 Feet Kilometers Knots Tons (Metric) Tons (U.S.) Gallons U.S. (Avg. Oil) Barrels

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