Cubic foot


The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary unit of volume, used in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of one foot in length. Its volume is .
At, a cubic foot of water weighs.

Conversions

Symbols and abbreviations

The IEEE symbol for the cubic foot is ft3. The following abbreviations are used: cubicfeet, cubicfoot, cubicft, cufeet, cufoot, cuft, cu.ft, cuft, cbft, cb.ft, cbft, cbf, feet, foot, ft, feet/-3, foot/-3, ft/-3.
Larger multiples are in common usage in commerce and industry in the USA:
The IEEE symbol for the cubic foot per second is ft3/s. The following abbreviations are used:
The flow or discharge of rivers, i.e., the volume of water passing a location per unit of time, is commonly expressed in units of cubic feet per second or cubic metres per second.
Cusec is a measure of flow rate and is informal shorthand for "cubic feet per second". In the United States it is generally applied to water flow, particularly in rivers and canals. Other informal synonyms are cfs and second-feet.
The IEEE symbol for the cubic foot per minute is ft3/min. The following abbreviations are used:
Cubic feet per minute is used to measure the amount of air that's being delivered and is a common metric used for carburettors, pneumatic tools, and air compressor systems.

Standard cubic foot

A standard cubic foot is a measure of quantity of gas, sometimes defined in terms of standard temperature and pressure as a cubic foot of volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch of pressure.