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Updated April 2000

Density or Concentration Conversion of United States Standard and Metric System

Metric System =United States Standard
1 kg/m3
m3 is m cubed
=0.062428 lb/cu ft
1 kg/dm3
dm3 is dm cubed
=62.428 lb/cu ft
1 g/ml =8.3452 lb/gal
1 ppm =0.05841 grain/gal
1 ppm =1 mg/liter
1 ppm =1 ug/ml
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United States Standard =metric System
1 lb/cu ft =16.0185 kg/m3
m3 is m cubed
1 lb/cu ft =0.01602 kg/dm3
dm3 is dm is cubed
1 lb/gal =0.1198 g/ml
1 grain/gal =17.12 ppm
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