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Explain what is volume unit conversion.


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Volume unit conversion:

  1. The unit is known as the definite magnitude of a physical quantity.
  2. The physical quantities can be measured by utilizing various units depending upon the quantities.
  3. For example, the weight of the rice, sugar, wheat, etc. can be calculated by utilizing kilograms, grams, tons, etc.
  4. A set of fundamental units is a set of units of measurement for physical quantities from which every other unit can be generated.
  5. A system of weights as well as measures based on the principle that each, as well as every quantity, should’ve one unit whose multiples as we will as submultiples are all derived by multiplying or dividing by powers of ten.
  6. The standard unit is also called the metric system.
  7. Hence, the standard unit of volume is a cubic meter or m3.
  8. One cubic meter can be converted to several other submultiple units of volume like cubic centimeter cm3, cubic milimeter mm3, litre L, cubic kilometer km3, etc.

The relation of conversions are:

  1. 1m3=106cm3
  2. 1m3=109mm3
  3. 1m3=10-9km3
  4. 1m3=103L

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