cubic foot is the crude volume unit (non-metric metric units), used in the United States, and parts of Canada , and English. It is defined as the volume of a cube with a side of one foot (0.3048 m) in length. The volume is 28.3168 liters or about 1 / 35 of one cubic meter.
At 60º, à ° F (16Ã, à ° C), one cubic foot of water weighs 62.36630 pounds (28.28888Ã, kg).
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Symbols and abbreviations
The IEEE symbol for cubic feet is ft 3 . The following abbreviations are used: cubic Ã, feet, cubic Ã, foot, cubic Ã, Ã ft, cu Ã, ft, cu.ft, cuft, cb Ã, ft, cb.ft, cbft, cbf, leg 3 , leg 3 , leg 3 , leg/-3, ft/-3, ft/-3.
Larger multiples are commonly used in trade and industry in the US:
- CCF
- HCF
- Centum, or hundred, cubic feet; ie, 100Ã, ft 3 . Latin centum which means hundred . Used in billing of natural gas and water delivered to households.
- MCF
- Mille cubic feet; ie, 1000Ã, ft 3 . Latin mille which means a thousand .
- MMCF
- Mille mille cubic feet; ie, 1 000 000 Ã, ft 3 .
- MMCFD
- MMCF per day; ie, 1 000 000 Ã, ft 3 /day. Used in oil and gas industry.
- BCF
- TMC
- Billion, or a thousand million cubic feet; ie, 1 000 000 000 Ã, ft 3 . TMC is typically used to refer to the storage capacity and actual storage volume of a storage dam.
- TCF
- Trillion cubic feet; ie, 1 000 000 000 000 Ã, ft 3 . Used in oil and gas industry.
Cubic feet per second
The IEEE symbol for cubic feet per second is ft 3 /s. The following abbreviations are used:
- cuÃ, ft/s
- ft 3 /sec
- cfs
- cusec
cubic feet per minute
The IEEE symbol for cubic feet per minute is ft 3 /mnt. The following abbreviations are used:
- CFPM
- CFM
Standard cubic foot
Standard cubic feet (abbreviated scf ) are measures of gas quantity, sometimes defined in terms of standard temperature and pressure as cubic feet of volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15.56 à ° C; 288.71 Ã, K) and 14.7 pounds per square inch (PSI) (1.01 bar; 101.35 kPa) pressure.
See Also: Standard cubic feet per minute
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