Units of Volume

 

Metric System

1 cubic meter  (m3) =                                   1000 cubic decimeters (liters)
1,000,000 cubic centimeters
1.30795 cubic yards
35.314667 cubic feet
61,023.74 cubic inches
264.17205 U.S. gallons
219.96925 British Imperial gallons

1 liter (l) or 1 cubic decimeter (dm3) =
1 liter = volume of 1 kg water at 39.2°F
0.001 cubic meter
1000 cubic centimeters
10 deciliters
0.03531466 cubic foot
61.023744 cubic inches
0.2642 U.S. gallon
0.21997 British Imperial gallon
1.0566882 U.S. quarts
33.814 U.S. fluid ounces

1 cubic centimeter (cm3) =
0.001 liter
1000 cubic millimeters
0.061024 cubic inch
1 cubic millimeter = 0.001 cubic centimeters
1 hectoliter (hl) = 100 liters
1 deciliter (dl) = 10 centiliters
1 centiliter (cl) = 10 milliliters

 British (Imperial) Liquid and Dry Measure

1 British Imperial gallon =
0.1605 cubic foot
277.42 cubic inches
1.2009 U.S. gallon
160 Imperial fluid ounces
4 Imperial quarts
8 Imperial pints
4.54609 liters

1 quart=
2 Imperial pints
8 Imperial gills
40 Imperial fluid ounces
69.354 cubic inches
1.1365225 liters

1 pint=
4 Imperial gills
20 Imperial fluid ounces
34.678 cubic inches
568.26125 milliliters

1 gill=
5 Imperial fluid ounces
8.669 cubic inches
142.07 milliliters

 

U.S. System

1 cubic yard (yd3) =
27 cubic feet
201.97403 U.S. gallons
46,656 cubic inch
0.7646 cubic meter

1 cubic foot (ft3) =
1728 cubic inches
7.4805 U.S. gallons
6.23 British Imperial gallons
0.02831685 cubic meter
28.31685 liters

1 cubic inch (in3) =
0.55411256 U.S. fluid ounces
16.387064 cubic centimeters
 

Shipping Measure
For measuring internal capacity of a vessel:
1 register ton=100 cubic feet

For measurement of cargo:
1 shipping ton =
Approximately 40 cubic feet of merchandise
is considered a shipping ton, unless
that bulk would weigh more than 2000
pounds, in which case the freight charge
may be based upon weight
40 cubic feet =
32.143 U.S. bushels
31.16 Imperial bushels

U.S. Liquid Measure
1 U.S. gallon =
0.13368 cubic foot
231 cubic inches
128 U.S. fluid ounces
4 U.S. quarts
8 U.S. pints
0.8327 British Imperial gallon
3.785411784 liters

1 quart=
2 U.S. pints
8 U.S. gills
32 U.S. fluid ounces
57.75 cubic inches
0.9463529 liters

1 pint=
4 U.S. gills
16 U.S. fluid ounces
28.875 cubic inches
473.176 milliliters

1 gill=
1/2 cup = 4 U.S. fluid ounces
7.21875 cubic inches
118.29 milliliters
 


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