What is the volume of a solid measured in?

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anor277
Sep 24, 2016

#"Cubic metres, litres, cubic centimetres, millilitres."#

Explanation:

A #"cubic metre"# is an impossibly large volume, and is equivalent to #1000*L#. A litre or a millilitre (#10^-3*L#) are the units most practising chemists would use. Sometimes you see #1*dm^3#, #-=# #1*L#.

And #1*dm^3# #=# #(10^-1*m)^3# #=# #10^-3*m^3# #=# #1/1000*m^3# #=# #1*L# as required.

And #1*cm^3# #=# #(10^-2*m)^3# #=# #10^-6*m^3# #=# #1/1000000*m^3# #=# #1*mL# as required.

Of course we could go back to pints, and fluid ounces, and gallons, and bushels, and pecks, but you might not get many too many willing to support you.

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