Gram per cubic centimetre

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Density of the cube: 1 g/cm³

Gram per cubic centimetre is a unit of density in the CGS system, commonly used in chemistry, defined as mass in grams divided by volume in cubic centimetres. The official SI symbols are g/cm³, g·cm⁻³, or g cm⁻³. It is equivalent to the units gram per millilitre (g/mL) and kilogram per litre (kg/L). The density of water is about 1 g/cm³ or 1000 kg/m³, since the gram was originally defined as the mass of one cubic centimetre of water at its maximum density at 4 °C.

Conversions

1 g/cm³ is equivalent to:

= 1000 g/l (exactly)

= 1000 kg/m³ (exactly)

≈ 62.42796 lb/ft³ (approximately)

≈ 133.52647 oz/gal (approximately)

1 kg/m³ = 0.001 g/cm³(exactly)

1 lb/ft³ ≈ 0.01602 g/cm³ (approximately)

1 oz/gal ≈ 0.00749 g/cm³ (approximately)

See also

• Gram
• Cubic centimetre
• Density