Cubic metre

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The cubic metre (in British English and international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or cubic meter (in American English) is the SI derived unit of volume. Its SI symbol is m³. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. An alternative name, which allowed a different usage with metric prefixes, was the stère, still sometimes used for dry measure (for instance, in reference to wood). Another alternative name, no longer widely used, was the kilolitre.

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Conversions

A cubic metre of pure water at the temperature of maximum density (3.98 °C or 39.16 °F) and standard atmospheric pressure (1013.25 kPa) has a mass of 1000 kg, or one tonne. At 0 °C (32 °F), the freezing point of water, a cubic metre of water has slightly less mass, 999.972 kilograms.

It is sometimes abbreviated to cu m, m3, M3, m^3, m**3, CBM, cbm when superscript characters or markup cannot be used (e.g. in some typewritten documents and postings in Usenet newsgroups).

Abbreviated CBM and cbm in the freight business and MTQ (or numeric code 49) in international trade.

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Multiples and submultiples

See Orders of magnitude (one cubic millimetre to one cubic metre) for a comparison with other volumes.

Multiples

Cubic decametre

the volume of a cube of side length one decametre (10 m)

equal to a megalitre

1 dam³ = 1000 m³ = 1 ML

Cubic hectometre

the volume of a cube of side length one hectometre (100 m)

equal to a gigalitre

in civil engineering abbreviated MCM for million cubic metres

1 hm³ = 1000000 m³ = 1 GL

Cubic kilometre

the volume of a cube of side length one kilometre (1000 m)

equal to a teralitre

1 km³ = 1000000000 m³ = 1 TL (810713.19 acre-feet; 0.239913 cubic miles)

Submultiples

Cubic decimetre also known as DCM in Rubber compound processing (Deci Cubic Meter).

the volume of a cube of side length one decimetre (0.1 m)

equal to a litre

1 dm³ = 0.001 m³ = 1 L

Cubic centimetre

the volume of a cube of side length one centimetre (0.01 m)

equal to a millilitre

1 cm³ = 0.000001 m³ = 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 = 0.000000001 m³ = 10^-9 m³ = 1 µL

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Notes

Source of the article : Wikipedia