CONVERSION CHART

Conversion Chart for k, HSU, FSN and mg/m3

(Extracted from MIRA Report No. 1965/10, Nuneaton 1965, AG Dodd and Z Holubeki,)
k Coefficient of
Light Absorption
m-1

Hartridge
Smoke Units
HSU

Filter Smoke
Number
FSN

mg/m3

Cal %*

mg/m3

Cal %*

0,25

10

1.10

33

6.1

0,27

11

1.20

38

6.5

0,30

12

1.30

42

7.2

0,32

13

1.40

47

7.7

0,35

14

1.48

52

8.4

0,38

15

1.57

57

9.1

0,41

16

1.67

62

9.7

0,43

17

1.75

66

10.2

0,46

18

1.84

71

10.9

0,49

19

1.93

76

11.5

0,52

20

2.02

81

12.2

0,55

21

2.10

86

12.8

0,58

22

2.18

91

13.5

0,61

23

2.26

96

14.1

0,64

24

2.34

101

14.8

0,67

25

2.42

106

15.4

0,70

26

2.50

111

16.1

0,73

27

2.57

117

16.7

0,76

28

2.64

122

17.3

k Coefficient of
Light Absorption
m-1

Hartridge
Smoke Units
HSU

Filter Smoke
Number
FSN

mg/m3

Cal %*

mg/m3

Cal %*

0,80

29

2.71

127

18.1

0,83

30

2.77

133

18.7

0,86

31

2.83

138

19.3

0,90

32

2.89

144

20.1

0,93

33

2.96

150

20.7

0,97

34

3.02

156

21.5

1,00

35

3.08

162

22.1

1,04

36

3.14

168

22.9

1,07

37

3.20

174

23.5

1,11

38

3.26

181

24.2

1,15

39

3.31

187

25

1,19

40

3.37

193

25.7

1.23

41

3.42

199

26.5

1.27

42

3.47

206

27.2

1.31

43

3.53

213

27.9

1.35

44

3.59

220

28.6

1.39

45

3.64

227

29.4

1.43

46

3.70

234

30.1

1.48

47

3.75

241

30.9

1.52

48

3.80

248

31.6

1.57

49

3.86

256

32.5

* i.e. Optical Path Length, L=0,25m

k Coefficient of
Light Absorption
m-1

Hartridge
Smoke Units
HSU

Filter Smoke
Number
FSN

mg/m3

Cal %*

mg/m3

Cal %*

1.61

50

3.91

264

33.1

1.66

51

3.96

272

34

1.71

52

4.01

281

34.8

1.76

53

4.07

290

35.6

1.81

54

4.12

299

36.4

1.86

55

4.17

308

37.2

1.91

56

4.22

317

38

1.96

57

4.27

326

38.7

2.02

58

4.32

335

39.6

2.07

59

4.37

345

40.4

2.13

60

4.42

355

41.3

2.19

61

4.47

365

42.2

2.25

62

4.52

375

43

2.31

63

4.57

385

43.9

2.38

64

4.62

395

44.8

2.44

65

4.67

406

45.7

2.51

66

4.72

416

46.6

2.58

67

4.76

428

47.5

2.65

68

4.81

439

48.4

2.72

69

4.86

450

49.3

2.8

70

4.91

462

50.3

k Coefficient of
Light Absorption
m-1

Hartridge
Smoke Units
HSU

Filter Smoke
Number
FSN

mg/m3

Cal %*

mg/m3

Cal %*

2.88

71

4.96

475

51.3

2.96

72

5.01

489

52.3

3.04

73

5.07

501

53.2

3.13

74

5.12

514

54.3

3.22

75

5.17

529

55.3

3.32

76

5.23

544

56.4

3.42

77

5.28

559

57.5

3.52

78

5.34

575

58.5

3.63

79

5.40

591

59.6

3.74

80

5.45

609

60.7

3.86

81

5.51

626

61.9

3.99

82

5.57

648

63.1

4.12

83

5.65

669

64.3

4.26

84

5.72

691

65.5

4.41

85

5.80

712

66.8

4.57

86

5.87

737

68.1

4.74

87

5.95

760

69.4

4.93

88

6.04

786

70.8

5.13

89

6.13

815

72.3

5.35

90

6.22

844

73.7