Physical constants in the calculator – HP 49g+ User Manual

Page 67

Advertising
background image

Page 3-14

These operations produce the following output:

Unit conversions

The UNITS menu contains a TOOLS sub-menu, which provides the following
functions:

CONVERT(x,y): convert unit object x to units of object y
UBASE(x):

convert unit object x to SI units

UVAL(x):

extract the value from unit object x

UFACT(x,y):

factors a unit x from unit object x

UNIT(x,y):

combines value of x with units of y


Examples of function CONVERT are shown below. Examples of the other
UNIT/TOOLS functions are available in Chapter 3 of the calculator’s User’s
Manual.
For example, to convert 33 watts to btu’s use either of the following entries:

CONVERT(33_W,1_hp)

`

CONVERT(33_W,11_hp)

`

Physical constants in the calculator

The calculator’s physical constants are contained in a constants library
activated with the command CONLIB. To launch this command you could
simply type it in the stack:

~~conlib~`, or, you can select

the command CONLIB from the command catalog, as follows: First, launch
the catalog by using:

‚N~c. Next, use the up and down arrow

keys

—˜ to select CONLIB. Finally, press the F(@@OK@@) soft menu key.

Press

`, if needed. Use the up and down arrow keys (—˜) to navigate

through the list of constants in your calculator.

Advertising