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There's not a direct conversion, but both are based on the candela, a unit of luminous intensity. There is a nice explanation of the difference between lumens and lux at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_(unit).
Lumens is the total amount of light a light source (a light bulb, for instance) throws in all directions. Lux (lumens per square meter) can measure how intense light from that light source is when looking toward it from a certain distance. Lux depends greatly on how far away you are from a light source. At any given instant, light is thrown from the source in a perfect sphere.
If you are trying to calculate how many lumens your light bulb shines and you have a light meter that gives you lux, point your meter at the light, then take your lux multiply by 12.57 (pi times 4). Then, multiply this by the distance of your light meter from the light bulb (in meters) squared. That will give you the lumens of the light bulb. In equation form, where lm is lumens, r is your distance from the light source, and pi is (come on) about 3.14, lux=lm/(pi*4*(r^2)), or lm=lux*pi*4*(r^2). The (pi*4*(r^2)) part is used to calculate the surface area of a sphere around the light source.
Note: this calculation does not account for reflected light, and will only work on an exposed light bulb. Lights housed in a reflective cone (like in a flashlight) are designed to project light in one direction and (within the spot where light is projected) will have a lux much higher at any given distance than if the light bulb wasn't housed in a cone.
AnswerA lux is a special name given to a lumen per square metre. To convert lux to lumens, you need to multiply the illuminance (light arriving) on a surface, in lux, by the area of that surface, in square metres.
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