The cubic foot (symbol ft³ or cu ft)
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(non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a

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with sides of one

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, or exactly , which is very close to of a

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Conversions

Symbols and abbreviations

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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 United States: * CCF or HCF: ''Centum'' (Latin hundred) cubic feet; i.e., ** Used in the billing of

natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...

and water delivered to households. * MCF: ''Mille'' (Latin thousand) cubic feet; i.e., * MMCF: Mille mille (= million) cubic feet; i.e., * MMCFD: MMCF per day; i.e., /d ** Used in the

oil and gas industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest volume products ...

. * BCF or TMC: Billion or thousand million cubic feet; i.e., ** TMC is usually used for referring to storage capacity and actual storage volume of storage dams. * TCF: Trillion cubic feet; i.e., ** Used in the oil and gas industry.

Cubic foot per second and related flow rates

The

symbol for the cubic foot per second is ft³/s. The following other abbreviations are also sometimes used: * ft³/sec * cu ft/s * cfs or CFS * cusec * second-feet 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 unit of flow rate, used mostly in the United States in the context of water flow, particularly of rivers and canals. Conversions: 1 ft³s⁻¹ = = = =

Cubic foot per minute

The

symbol for the cubic foot per minute is ft³/min. The following abbreviations are used: * cu ft/min * * cfm or CFM * cfpm or CFPM Cubic feet per minute is used to measure the amount of air that is being delivered, and is a common metric used for carburetors, pneumatic tools, and air-compressor systems.

Standard cubic foot

A standard cubic foot (abbreviated scf) is a measure of quantity of gas, sometimes defined in terms of

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as a cubic foot of volume at and of

pressure Pressure (symbol: ''p'' or ''P'') is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed. Gauge pressure (also spelled ''gage'' pressure)The preferred spelling varies by country and eve ...

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