Units and engineering notation
Engineering values, free-space frequency/period/wavelength, temperatures and percent/ppm.
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How it calculates
Model: T=1/f; λ=c/f; K=°C+273.15; °F=1.8°C+32; percent=100×ratio; ppm=10⁶×ratio.
Assumptions
- Free-space speed of light is exactly 299792458 m/s; material propagation velocity is not included. Prefix case matters: m is milli and M is mega.
Worked example
These are the calculator's default inputs. Change any input above to recalculate.
Inputs
- Input quantity
- engineering
- Value in selected units
- 1k
Results
- Engineering notation
- 1 k
- Canonical input value
- 1000
- Frequency
- Not applicable Hz
- Period
- Not applicable s
- Free-space wavelength
- Not applicable m
- Celsius
- Not applicable °C
- Fahrenheit
- Not applicable °F
- Kelvin
- Not applicable K