Cubic metre

Conversions

Main article: Unit conversion

A cubic metre of pure water at the temperature of maximum density (3.983 °C) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa) has a mass of , or one tonne, which makes its maximum density at 101.325 kPa 1 Mg/m3. At 0 °C, the freezing point of water, a cubic metre of water has slightly less mass, 999.85 kilograms.

The "cubic metre" symbol is encoded by Unicode at code point .

Multiples and submultiples

Main article: Metric prefix, Orders of magnitude (volume)

Multiples

; Cubic decametre : the volume of a cube of side length one decametre (10 m) : equal to a megalitre : 1 dam3 = = 1 ML

; Cubic hectometre : the volume of a cube of side length one hectometre (100 m) : equal to a gigalitre : MCMin civil engineering abbreviated MCM for million cubic metres : 1 hm3 = = 1 GL

; Cubic kilometre : the volume of a cube of side length one kilometre () : equal to a teralitre : 1 km3 = = 1 TL (810713.19 acre-feet; 0.239913 cubic miles)

Submultiples

; Cubic decimetre : the volume of a cube of side length one decimetre (0.1 m) : equal to a litre : 1 dm3 = 0.001 m3 = 1 L : (also known as DCM (=Deci Cubic Meter) in Rubber compound processing)

; Cubic centimetre : the volume of a cube of side length one centimetre (0.01 m) : equal to a millilitre : 1 cm3 = = 10−6 m3 = 1 mL

; Cubic millimetre : the volume of a cube of side length one millimetre (0.001 m) : equal to a microlitre : 1 mm3 = = 10−9 m3 = 1 μL

References

References

1. Bureau International de Poids et Mesures]]. "[http://www.bipm.org/en/si/derived_units/2-2-1.html Derived units expressed in terms of base units] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-07-16 ". 2014. Accessed 7 August 2014.)
2. From 1901 to 1964 the litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure [[water]] at 4 °[[Celsius. C]] and 760 [[torr. millimetres of mercury]] pressure: during this time, a litre was about {{val. 1.000028
3. "BIPM – Table 6".
4. "Water Density, Specific Weight and Thermal Expansion Coefficients – Temperature and Pressure Dependence".
5. Unicode Consortium. (2019). "The Unicode Standard 12.0 – CJK Compatibility ❰ Range: 3300—33FF ❱".
6. The cubic centimetre is the base unit of volume of the [[CGS system]] of units. The colloquial abbreviations "cc" and "ccm" are not SI but are common in some contexts such as cooking, [[engine displacement]] and medicine.