Kilogram per cubic metre
Kilogram per cubic metre | |
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General information | |
Unit system | SI derived unit |
Unit of | Density |
Symbol | kg/m3 |
Conversions | |
1 kg/m3 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
Imperial and US Customary units | 0.06242796 lb/cu ft |
CGS units | 0.001 g/cm3 |
MTS units | 0.001 t/m3 |
The kilogram per cubic metre (symbol: kg·m−3, or kg/m3) is the coherent SI derived unit of density, defined by mass in kilograms divided by volume in cubic metres.
Conversions
- 1 kg/m3 = 0.001 g/cm3 (exactly)
- 1 kg/m3 ≈ 0.06243 lb/ft3 (approximately)
- 1 kg/m3 ≈ 0.1335 oz/US gal (approximately)
- 1 kg/m3 ≈ 0.1604 oz/imp gal (approximately)
- 1 g/cm3 = 1000 kg/m3 (exactly)
- 1 lb/ft3 ≈ 16.02 kg/m3 (approximately)
- 1 oz/(US gal) ≈ 7.489 kg/m3 (approximately)
- 1 oz/(imp gal) ≈ 6.236 kg/m3 (approximately)
Relation to other measures
The density of water is about 1000 kg/m3 or 1 g/cm3, because the size of the gram was originally based on the mass of a cubic centimetre of water.
In chemistry, g/cm3 is more commonly used.