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Volume & Capacity Converter
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How it works
Volume measurement spans an unusually large range of real-world contexts — from microlitres in laboratory pipetting to cubic metres in civil engineering — and is complicated by the fact that "fluid ounces," "pints," "gallons," and "quarts" all have different values in US customary versus UK imperial systems. The Volume & Capacity Converter covers all commonly used volume units across cooking, science, engineering, and trade.
**US vs. UK — the critical difference** - US fluid ounce = 29.5735 mL; UK fluid ounce = 28.4131 mL - US pint = 473.176 mL (16 fl oz); UK pint = 568.261 mL (20 fl oz) - US gallon = 3.78541 L; UK gallon = 4.54609 L
This ~20% difference between US and UK gallons causes real errors when importing UK recipes, fuel economy figures, or chemistry protocols without conversion.
**Unit coverage** Metric: microlitres (µL), millilitres (mL), centilitres (cL), decilitres (dL), litres (L), cubic centimetres (cm³ = mL exactly), cubic metres (m³). US customary: teaspoons (tsp), tablespoons (tbsp), fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons. UK imperial: fluid ounces, pints, quarts, gallons. Cubic: cubic inches, cubic feet.
**Cooking equivalents** 1 US tablespoon = 3 US teaspoons = 14.787 mL. 1 US cup = 16 tablespoons = 236.588 mL. Baking at altitude may require volume adjustments because flour settles differently.
**Scientific context** In chemistry, mL and cm³ are interchangeable (1 mL = 1 cm³ exactly). Microlitre precision matters for PCR reactions and enzyme assays where 1 µL error can skew results.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- The US gallon (3.78541 L) is based on the old English wine gallon (231 cubic inches), while the UK imperial gallon (4.54609 L) was redefined in 1824 as the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62°F. The US retained the wine gallon from pre-independence British measures. The ~20% difference means fuel economy figures in UK mpg are not directly comparable to US mpg — a UK car achieving 40 mpg UK would show only 33.3 mpg US.
- One US legal cup = 240 mL (used in US nutrition labelling). One US customary cup = 236.588 mL (used in most recipes). One Australian metric cup = 250 mL. One imperial cup (UK, rarely used) = 284 mL. For baking, the difference between 236 mL and 240 mL rarely matters, but the Australian 250 mL cup (≈7% larger) can affect recipes if substituted without adjustment.
- Yes — exactly. 1 mL = 1 cm³ by definition (from the SI definition of the litre as 1 cubic decimetre). This equivalence is used constantly in medicine and chemistry: a 5 mL syringe holds 5 cm³ of fluid; a 100 mL volumetric flask has a 100 cm³ internal volume. The cc abbreviation used in medical contexts (as in 'inject 5 cc') means cubic centimetre = millilitre.
- 1 US teaspoon = 4.92892 mL (≈5 mL for practical cooking purposes). 1 US tablespoon = 14.787 mL (≈15 mL). Most medical and scientific measurements round 1 tsp = 5 mL exactly, which is why over-the-counter liquid medicines are dosed in 5 mL and 10 mL (1 tsp and 2 tsp). UK metric teaspoon = 5 mL exactly.