USING SUPER UNITS
Super Units was developed for ease of use while providing a large set of categories (see below) and a comprehensive list of types within each category.
Making a conversion
1. Select a category
2. Select the FROM and TO types
3. Type the from value in the masked edit box in the upper middle part of the form (where 2.3 is shown in the screen shot below).
3. If you want to copy the converted value to the clipboard, click on the large silver button in the upper right.
Logging a conversion
1. Make a conversion as discussed above
2. Position the I-Beam in the lower left, large text box, at the point where you want to insert the log
3. Press the "Log" button
4. If you want to save the log(s) as a file, press the "Save As" button.
In the screenshot below we selected the "Volume" category and selected "Cup (US, liquid)" as the
FROM type and "gallon (Irish)" as the TO type. We then typed "2.3" in the masked edit box in the upper
middle part of the form. We then pressed the "Log" button to make a log entry.
You would read this conversion as:
2.3 "Cup (US, liquid)" approximately equals 0.15260225183823528 of a "gallon (Irish)"
The SI protocol does not pluralize unit values, so we would not say "2.3 Cups (US, liquid)."
We suggest you read more about the SI here.
The following screen shot shows a few log entries.
This image shows a time conversion.
This image shows a volume conversion.
UNIT CATEGORIES (number of types in the category)
(2743 unit types in 75 categories)
ACCELERATION (angular) (4)
ACCELERATION (linear) (13)
ANGLE (plane) (43)
ANGLE (solid) (9)
AREA (surface) (309)
AREA ELECTRIC CURRENT DENSITY (5)
AREA PER UNIT (mass) (10)
AREA PER UNIT (volume) (8)
CONCENTRATION (mass/volume) (17)
CONCENTRATION (volume/volume) (12)
ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE (7)
ELECTRIC CHARGE (6)
ELECTRIC CHARGE DENSITY (4)
ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE (6)
ELECTRIC CURRENT INTENSITY (11)
ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT (4)
ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH (7)
ELECTRIC FLUX DENSITY (4)
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL (6)
ELECTRIC RESISTANCE (10)
ENERGY, HEAT AND WORK (48)
ENTROPY (16)
FORCE AND WEIGHTS (16)
FORCE PER LENGTH (6)
FREQUENCY (20)
HENRY'S LAW COEFFICIENT (5)
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY (19)
ILLUMINANCE (5)
INDUCTANCE (electric) (7)
LENGTH (648)
LINEAR ELECTRIC CURRENT DENSITY (6)
LINEAR MASS DENSITY (16)
LUMINOUS INTENSITY (4)
LUMINOUS LUMINANCE (11)
MAGNETIC FIELD (4)
MAGNETIC INDUCTION FIELD STRENGTH (7)
MAGNETIC FLUX (7)
MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY (10)
MAGNETOMOTIVE FORCE (4)
MASS (153)
MASS DENSITY (17)
MASS FLOW RATE (16)
MOMENT OF FORCE PER LENGTH (17)
MOMENT OF INERTIA (16)
POWER (43)
PRESSURE AND STRESS (45)
RADIANT FLUX (4)
RADIANT INTENSITY (9)
RADIATION DOSE ABSORBED (4)
RADIATION DOSE EQUIVALENT (2)
RADIATION ENERGY (3)
RADIATION ENERGY PER AREA (3)
RADIATION EXPOSURE (4)
RADIOACTIVITY (5)
SECOND MOMENT OF AREA (6)
SECTION MODULUS (6)
SPECIFIC CHARGE (5)
SPECIFIC ENERGY (25)
SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY (13)
SPECIFIC VOLUME (15)
SURFACE MASS DENSITY (13)
SURFACE TENSION (10)
TEMPERATURE (4)
THERMAL CONDUCTANCE (7)
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY (9)
TIME (40)
TORQUE (17)
TYPOGRAPHY (units of length) (12)
VELOCITY (angular) (10)
VELOCITY (linear) (19)
VISCOSITY (dynamic) (30)
VISCOSITY (kinematic) (transmissivity) (27)
VOLUME (723)
VOLUME FLOW RATE (16)
WEIGHT DENSITY (31)