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Created by Alvaro Vargas Calero
almost 4 years ago
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CUBIC METRE
An alternative name, which allowed a different usage with metric prefixes, was the stère, still sometimes used for dry measure (for instance, in reference to wood). Another alternative name, no longer widely used, was the kilolitre.
Conversions
Multiples
Cubic hectometre:
the volume of a cube of side length one hectometre (100 m)
equal to a gigalitre
in civil engineering abbreviated MCM for million cubic metres
1 hm3 = 1000000 m3 = 1 GL
Submultiples
Cubic millimetre