The
cubic foot is an
imperial and
US customary (non-
metric) unit of
volume, used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a
cube with sides of one foot (0.3048 m) in
length.
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Symbols
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:- cubic feet, cubic foot, cubic ft
- cu ft, cu feet, cu foot
- ft³, feet³, foot³
- feet^3, foot^3, ft^3
- feet/-3, foot/-3, ft/-3 ft
- CCF for 100 cubic feet (C denotes centum, hundred. Used in the billing of natural gas and water delivered to households.)
- MCF for 1,000 cubic feet (M denotes mil, thousand)
- MMCF for
- BCF for a billion cubic feet
- TCF for a trillion cubic feet.
Standard cubic foot
A standard cubic foot (abbreviated scf) is a measure of quantity of gas, sometimes but not always defined as a cubic foot of volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch (PSI) of pressure. See standard temperature and pressure.
See also
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