Machinery's Handbook, 31st Edition
Cubic Measure and Conversion Factors Units of Volume Table 21. Cubic Measure and Conversion Factors Metric System US System
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1 cubic meter (m 3 ) =
1 cubic yard (yd 3 ) = 27 cubic feet
1000 cubic decimeters (liters) 1,000,000 cubic centimeters 1.30795 cubic yards 35.314667 cubic feet 61,023.74 cubic inches 264.17205 US gallons 219.96925 British Imperial gallons 1 liter (l) or 1 cubic decimeter (dm 3 ) = 1 liter = volume of 1 kg water at 39.2 ° F 0.001 cubic meter 1000 cubic centimeters 10 deciliters 1.0566882 US quarts 33.814 US fluid ounces 1 cubic centimeter (cm 3 ) = 0.001 liter 1000 cubic millimeters 0.061024 cubic inch 1 cubic millimeter = 0.001 cubic centimeters 0.03531466 cubic foot 61.023744 cubic inches 0.2642 US gallon 0.21997 British Imperial gallon
201.97403 US gallons 46,656 cubic inch 0.7646 cubic meter
1 cubic foot (ft 3 ) =
1728 cubic inches 7.4805 US gallons 6.23 British Imperial gallons 0.02831685 cubic meter 28.31685 liters
1 cubic inch (in 3 ) =
0.55411256 US fluid ounce 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 US bushels 31.16 Imperial bushels
1 hectoliter (hl) = 100 liters 1 deciliter (dl) = 10 centiliters 1 centiliter (cl) = 10 milliliters
British (Imperial) Liquid and Dry Measure
US Liquid Measure
1 British Imperial gallon = 0.1605 cubic foot 277.42 cubic inches 1.2009 US gallon 160 Imperial fluid ounces
1 US gallon =
0.13368 cubic foot 231 cubic inches 128 US fluid ounces 4 US quarts 8 US pints 0.8327 British Imperial gallon 3.785411784 liters
4 Imperial quarts 8 Imperial pints 4.54609 liters
1 quart =
1 quart =
2 Imperial pints 8 Imperial gills 40 Imperial fluid ounces 69.354 cubic inches 1.1365225 liters 4 Imperial gills 20 Imperial fluid ounces 34.678 cubic inches 568.26125 milliliters 5 Imperial fluid ounces 8.669 cubic inches 142.07 milliliters
2 US pints 8 US gills
32 US fluid ounces 57.75 cubic inches 0.9463529 liters 4 US gills 16 US fluid ounces 28.875 cubic inches 473.176 milliliters
1 pint =
1 pint =
1 gill =
1 gill =
1/2 cup = 4 US fluid ounces 7.21875 cubic inches 118.29 milliliters
Note : Figures in Bold indicate exact conversion values
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