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LE15-Thumper
01-14-2005, 05:49 PM
What's the formula for converting cubic litres to feet or vice versa ?
I am too lazy to pull out my 25 year old math homework.
Thanks,
Dumb dumb Thumper

johnaec
01-14-2005, 05:58 PM
What's the formula for converting cubic litres to feet or vice versa ?
I am too lazy to pull out my 25 year old math homework.
Thanks,
Dumb dumb Thumper

http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/

John

scott fitlin
01-14-2005, 05:59 PM
http://www.pitt.edu/~rsup/volumeconv.html

Zilch
01-14-2005, 06:13 PM
A liter volume assumes 1000 cc of water, since 1 ml @ 4°C=1cc, so 1 cu.ft.=28.32 l. :)

Izzat right?

scott fitlin
01-14-2005, 06:15 PM
Use one of the calculators! :rotfl:

boputnam
01-14-2005, 06:20 PM
What's the formula for converting cubic litres to feet or vice versa ? Uh, first things first: There are no such animals "cubic liters". Liters are a volume. What you mean is ft3 to liters, or versa-visa.

ft3 x 28.316 = L

LE15-Thumper
01-14-2005, 10:46 PM
I told you, it's been 25 years ! :dont-know




Uh, first things first: There are no such animals "cubic liters". Liters are a volume. What you mean is ft3 to liters, or versa-visa.

ft3 x 28.316 = L

lfh
01-14-2005, 11:31 PM
A liter volume assumes 1000 cc of water, since 1 ml @ 4°C=1cc, so 1 cu.ft.=28.32 l. :)

Izzat right?

Zilch, possibly you show your age here :) Between 1901 and 1964 there was a rather bizarre definition involving the base mass unit and properties of water ("1 liter is the space occupied by 1 kg of pure water at the temperature of its maximum density (3.98 °C) under a pressure of 1 atm."), see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre. Prior to, and after this period, 1 liter equals 1 dm^3 by definition. Apart from that, cu.ft. and l (or L) are themselves "historical garbage", since of course neither of them are SI units.

After this hair splitting, here's how I "remember" the conversion factor:

1 ft = 12 in
1 in = 25.4 mm
1 m^3 = 1000 l

=>

(12 * 0.0254)^3 * 1000 = 28.317

Closing rant: BTW, 'deci' and 'centi' prefixes are also historical garbage, as the recommendation since long is to use 'milli' instead (e.g. m and mm is fine, but not dm or cm, and thus not dm^3 or cm^3 either).

Zilch
01-15-2005, 01:02 AM
Alas, the hour and the day are not SI units either, apparently.

I am doomed.... :p

I don't cube in my head.

And my 5th decimal place is forever uncalibrated....

lfh
01-15-2005, 01:29 AM
Alas, the hour and the day are not SI units either, apparently.

I am doomed.... :p

I don't cube in my head.

And my 5th decimal place is forever uncalibrated....

:rotfl: