Cubic metre


The cubic metre or cubic meter is the SI derived unit of volume. Its SI symbol is m3. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. An alternative name, which allowed a different usage with metric prefixes, was the stère, still sometimes used for dry measure. Another alternative name, no longer widely used, was the kilolitre.

Conversions

A cubic metre of pure water at the temperature of maximum density and standard atmospheric pressure has a mass of, or one tonne. At 0 °C, the freezing point of water, a cubic metre of water has slightly less mass, 999.972 kilograms.
It is sometimes abbreviated to cu m, m3, M3, m^3, m**3, CBM, cbm when superscript characters or markup cannot be used. The "cubic metre" symbol is encoded by Unicode at code point ❰ ❱.
Abbreviated CBM and cbm in the freight business and MTQ in international trade.

Multiples and submultiples

Multiples

;Cubic decametre
;Cubic hectometre
;Cubic kilometre

Submultiples

;Cubic decimetre
;Cubic centimetre
;Cubic millimetre