SI Prefixes Applied To The Litre
The litre, though not an official SI unit, may be used with SI prefixes. The most commonly used derived unit is the millilitre, defined as one-thousandth of a litre, and also often referred to by the SI derived unit name "cubic centimetre". It is a commonly used measure, especially in medicine and cooking. Other units may be found in the table below, where the more often used terms are in bold. However, some authorities advise against some of them; for example, in the United States, NIST advocates using the millilitre or litre instead of the centilitre.
Multiple | Name | Symbols | Equivalent volume | Submultiple | Name | Symbols | Equivalent volume | |||||
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100 L | litre | l (ℓ) | L | dm3 | cubic decimetre | |||||||
101 L | decalitre | dal | daL | 101 dm3 | ten cubic decimetres | 10−1 L | decilitre | dl | dL | 102 cm3 | hundred cubic centimetres | |
102 L | hectolitre | hl | hL | 102 dm3 | hundred cubic decimetres | 10−2 L | centilitre | cl | cL | 101 cm3 | ten cubic centimetres | |
103 L | kilolitre | kl | kL | m3 | cubic metre | 10−3 L | millilitre | ml | mL | cm3 | cubic centimetre | |
106 L | megalitre | Ml | ML | dam3 | cubic decametre | 10−6 L | microlitre | µl | µL | mm3 | cubic millimetre | |
109 L | gigalitre | Gl | GL | hm3 | cubic hectometre | 10−9 L | nanolitre | nl | nL | 106 µm3 | million cubic micrometres | |
1012 L | teralitre | Tl | TL | km3 | cubic kilometre | 10−12 L | picolitre | pl | pL | 103 µm3 | thousand cubic micrometres | |
1015 L | petalitre | Pl | PL | 103 km3 | thousand cubic kilometres | 10−15 L | femtolitre | fl | fL | µm3 | cubic micrometre | |
1018 L | exalitre | El | EL | 106 km3 | million cubic kilometres | 10−18 L | attolitre | al | aL | 106 nm3 | million cubic nanometres | |
1021 L | zettalitre | Zl | ZL | Mm3 | cubic megametre | 10−21 L | zeptolitre | zl | zL | 103 nm3 | thousand cubic nanometres | |
1024 L | yottalitre | Yl | YL | 103 Mm3 | thousand cubic megametres | 10−24 L | yoctolitre | yl | yL | nm3 | cubic nanometre |
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