B.3 Fluid Conversion

FLUID CONVERSION                                                                                                             B.3

UNITED STATES SYSTEM                                             BRITISH IMPERIAL SYSTEM

Unless otherwise specified, all fluid volume measurements in     Fluid volume measurements in this manual do not include the
this manual are expressed in United States (U.S.)                British Imperial (Imp.) system equivalents. T he following
units-of-measure. See below:                                     conversions exist in the British Imperial system:
• 1 pint (U.S.)= 16 fluid ounces (U.S.)                          • 1 pint (Imp.)= 20 fluid ounces (Imp.)
• 1 quart (U.S.)= 2 pints (U.S.)= 32 fl. oz. (U.S.)              • 1 quart (Imp.)= 2 pints (Imp.)
• 1 gallon (U.S.)= 4 quarts (U.S.)= 128 fl. oz. (U.S.)           • 1 gallon (Imp.) = 4 quarts (Imp.)

METRIC SYSTEM                                                    Although the same unit-of-measure terminology as the U.S.
                                                                 system is used in the British Imperial (Imp.) system, the actual
Fluid volume measurements in this manual include the metric      volume of each British Imperial unit-of-measure differs from its
system equivalents. In the metric system, 1 liter (L) = 1,000    U.S. counterpart. T he U.S. fluid ounce is larger than the British
milliliters (ml). To convert between U.S. units-of-measure and   Imperial fluid ounce. However, the U.S. pint, quart, and gallon
metric units-of-measure, refer to the following:                 are smaller than the British Imperial pint, quart, and gallon,
                                                                 respectively. To convert between U.S. units and British Imperial
• fluid ounces (U.S.) x 29.574 = milliliters                     units, refer to the following:
• pints (U.S.) x 0.473= liters
                                                                 • fluid ounces (U.S.) x 1.042= fluid ounces (Imp.)
• quarts (U.S.) x 0.946 = liters                                 • pints (U.S.) x 0.833= pints (Imp.)
• gallons (U.S.) x 3.785= liters                                 • quarts (U.S.) x 0.833= quarts (Imp.)
• milliliters x 0.0338 = fluid ounces (U.S.)                        gallons (U.S.) x 0.833= gallons (Imp.)
• liters x 2.114= pints (U.S.)                                   • fluid ounces (Imp.) x 0.960= fluid ounces (U.S.)
• liters x 1.057 = quarts (U.S.)                                 • pints (Imp.) x 1.201= pints (U.S.)
• liters x 0.264= gallons (U.S.)                                 • quarts (Imp.) x 1.201= quarts (U.S.)
                                                                 • gallons (Imp.) x 1.201 = gallons (U.S.)

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