Cubic foot
The cubic foot (symbol ft3)[1] is an imperial and US customary (non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, and partially in Canada, and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of one foot (0.3048 m) in length. Its volume is 28.3168 liters or about 1⁄35 of a cubic meter.
At 60 °F (16 °C), a cubic foot of water weighs 62.36630 pounds (28.28888 kg).
Conversions
1 cubic foot | = 1728 cubic inches | |
= 1⁄27 of a cubic yard | ||
≈ 0.037037 cu yd | ||
= 0.028316846592 cubic meters | ||
= 28.316846592 liters | ||
= 576⁄77 US fluid gallons | ||
= 1728⁄231 US fl gal | ||
≈ 7.4805 US fl gal | ||
= 73728⁄77 US fluid ounces | ||
≈ 957.51 US fl oz | ||
≈ 6.2288 imperial gallons | ||
≈ 996.61 imperial fluid ounces | ||
≈ 0.80356 US bushels | ||
≈ 0.17811 oil barrel |
Symbols and abbreviations
The IEEE symbol for the cubic foot is ft3.[2] The following abbreviations are used: cubic feet, cubic foot, cubic ft, cu feet, cu foot, cu ft, cu.ft, cuft, cb ft, cb.ft, cbft, cbf, feet3, foot3, ft3, feet/-3, foot/-3, ft/-3.
Larger multiples are in common usage in commerce and industry in the USA:
- CCF
- HCF
- Centum, or hundred, cubic feet; i.e., 100 ft3. Latin centum meaning a hundred. Used in the billing of natural gas and water delivered to households.
- MCF
- Mille cubic feet; i.e., 1000 ft3. Latin mille meaning a thousand.
- MMCF
- Mille mille cubic feet; i.e., 1000000 ft3.
- MMCFD
- MMCF per day; i.e., 1000000 ft3/day. Used in the oil and gas industry.
- BCF
- TMC
- Billion, or thousand million cubic feet; i.e., 1000000000 ft3. TMC is usually used for referring to storage capacity and actual storage volume of storage dams.
- TCF
- Trillion cubic feet; i.e, 1000000000000 ft3. Used in the oil and gas industry.
Cubic foot per second
The IEEE symbol for the cubic foot per second is ft3/s.[3] The following abbreviations are used:
- cu ft/s
- ft3/sec
- cfs [citation needed]
- cusec [citation needed]
Cubic foot per minute
The IEEE symbol for the cubic foot per minute is ft3/min.[4] The following abbreviations are used:
- CFPM
- CFM
Standard cubic foot
A standard cubic foot (abbreviated scf) is a measure of quantity of gas, sometimes but not always[clarification needed] defined in terms of standard temperature and pressure as a cubic foot of volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15.56 °C; 288.71 K) and 14.7 pounds per square inch (PSI) (1.01 bar; 101.35 kPa) of pressure.[citation needed]
See also
- cubic inch
- cubic yard
- Board foot
- Conversion of units
- Cord
- Cube (arithmetic), cube root
- Orders of magnitude (volume) for a comparison with other volumes
- Square foot
- Therm, a unit of natural gas approximately equal to 100 cubic feet