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CONTAINER SPECS

UNIT ABBREVIATIONS LENGTH LENGTH

cm - centimetre Metric Imperial Imperial Metric
cm² - square centimetre 0.03937 in 2.54 cm
cm³ - cubic centimetre 1 mm 10 mm 0.3937 in 1 in 0.3048 m
cwt - hundredweight 1 cm 100 cm 1.0936 yd 0.9144 m
dm³ - cubic decimetre 1m 1000 m 0.6214 mile 1 ft 12 in 1.6093 km
fl oz - fluid ounce 1 km 1.853 km
ft - foot 1 yd 3 ft
ft² - square foot
ft³ - cubic foot 1 mile 1760 yd
gal - gallon
gal - gram 1 int nautical mile 2025.4 yd
ha - hectare
hl - hectolitre 1 cm² AREA Imperial 1 in² AREA Metric
in - inch 1 m² 0.1550 in² 1 ft² 6.4516 cm²
in² - square inch 1 ha Metric 1.1960 yd² 1 yd² Imperial 0.0929 m²
in³ - cubic inch 1 km² 100 mm² 2.4711 acres 1 acre 0.8361 m²
kg - kilogram 10,000 cm² 0.3861 mile² 1 mile² 144 in² 4046.9 m²
km - kilometre 10,000 m² 9 ft² 2.59 km²
km² - square kilometre 100 ha
l - litre 4840 yd²
lb - pound 640 acres
m - metre
m² - square metre VOLUME VOLUME
m³ - cubic metre
mg - milligram Metric Imperial Imperial Metric
mile² - square mile 16.387 cm³
ml - millilitre 1 cm³ 0.0610 in³ 1 in³ 1,728 in³ 0.0283 m³
mm - millimetre 1 dm³ 1 ft³ 28.413 ml
mm² - square millimetre 1 m³ 1,000 cm³ 0.0353 ft³ 1 fl oz 20 fl oz
oz - ounce 1l 1 pt 8 pt 0.5683 l
pt - pint 1 hl 1,000 dm³ 1.3080 yd³ 1 gal 4.5461 l
t - tonne
yd - yard 1 dm³ 1.7598 pt
yd² - square yard
yd³ - cubic yard 100 l 21.997 gal

VOLUME

USA Measure Metric
1 fl oz 29.574 ml
1 pt 0.4732 l
1 gal 3.7854 l

WEIGHT WEIGHT

Metric Imperial Imperial Metric
0.0154 grain 28.35 g
1 mg 1,000 mg 1 oz 437.5 grain 0.4536 kg
1g 1,000 g 0.0353 oz 6.3503 kg
1 kg 1,000 kg 2.2046 lb 1 lb 16 oz 50.802 kg
1t 0.9842 long ton 0.9072 t
1 stone 14 lb 1.016 t

1 cwt 112 lb

1 short ton (US) 17.857 cwt

1 long ton (UK) 20 cwt

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