Density converter
ρ = m / V
Convert a density between kilograms per cubic meter, grams per liter, grams per cubic centimeter and per milliliter, kilograms per liter and pounds per cubic foot. Density is the missing parameter in every conversion between volume and mass, between volumetric and mass flow rate, or between dynamic and kinematic viscosity.
1 Gram per cubic centimeter (g/cm³) = 1000 Kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m³)
Raw value: 1000
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What the tool computes, what it assumes, where it stops being valid, and where its data comes from.
Method & formulasρ = m / V
ρ = m / V
1 kg/m³ = 1 g/L (exactly)
1 g/cm³ = 1000 kg/m³
Density is the ratio of a mass to a volume. The identity 1 kg/m³ = 1 g/L is not an approximation: it follows from the kilogram and cubic meter being scaled by a thousand in the same ratio as the gram and the liter.
- kg/m³
- · Kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m³)
- g/L
- · Gram per liter (g/L)
- g/cm³
- · Gram per cubic centimeter (g/cm³)
- g/mL
- · Gram per milliliter (g/mL)
- kg/L
- · Kilogram per liter (kg/L)
- lb/ft³
- · Pound per cubic foot (lb/ft³)
Validity domain“Relative density” (or specific gravity) is the dimensionless ratio between the density of a substance and that of a reference.
“Relative density” (or specific gravity) is the dimensionless ratio between the density of a substance and that of a reference. Water at 4 °C for liquids and solids, air for gases. A relative density of 1.2 therefore corresponds to a density of 1200 kg/m³, but the two quantities do not share a dimension. This tool converts densities; it does not display relative density, which would depend on the chosen reference.