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Density Converter

Convert kg/m³, lb/ft³, g/cm³, and specific gravity relative to water (1000 kg/m³).

Density is mass divided by volume, and this tool restates a single figure across kg/m³, lb/ft³, g/cm³ and specific gravity. Your entry is scaled by its own unit's factor into kilograms per cubic metre — the base the engine holds internally — and then scaled back out into each remaining column, so every reading rises and falls with the number you type. A pound per cubic foot works out at 16.01846337396 kg/m³. A gram per cubic centimetre is 1000 kg/m³, and specific gravity here is nothing more than kg/m³ divided by that same 1000, which is why those two columns always print identical digits. The flat 1000 reference is the caveat worth knowing. Real fresh water sits at 999.97 kg/m³ near 4 °C and around 997 kg/m³ at 25 °C, so a bench measurement taken against room-temperature water disagrees with this column by roughly three parts in a thousand. There is no temperature field, no pressure field and no compressibility model, so gas densities are only as good as the conditions your input already assumed. API gravity, Baumé and Brix are rescalings rather than multiplicative factors and are deliberately absent.

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Results

kg/m³
1.225
lb/ft³
0.076474
g/cm³
0.001225
SG
0.001225
kg/m³ (base)
1.225
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Density and Unit.
  2. Review the kg/m³ result.
  3. Use lb/ft³ and g/cm³ to inform your decision.

How the result changes with Density

Densitykg/m³
0.490.49
1.721.72
3.193.19
4.414.41

What each input means

Density
Value in the selected unit.
Unit
SG is dimensionless vs fresh water.

How this is calculated

Formula

Converted Density = Input × (From Factor / To Factor), base unit: kg/m³

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why do the g/cm³ and specific gravity columns always show the same number?

Both are assigned a factor of 1000 kg/m³. Fresh water is treated as exactly that, so dividing by the water reference lands on the same digits as expressing the density in grams per cubic centimetre. The match is arithmetic, not a display fault.

Does the specific gravity shown here allow for temperature?

It does not; it divides by a fixed 1000 kg/m³. Standards that name a measurement temperature — 60 °F/60 °F in petroleum work, 20 °C/4 °C in many laboratory methods — will part company with this column by a few tenths of a percent for liquids near water.

Can I get API gravity out of this?

Not straight off. API gravity is 141.5 divided by specific gravity at 60 °F, minus 131.5 — a rescaling rather than a multiplicative unit factor, so it cannot live in a factor table. Take the SG column and apply that expression yourself.

Is lb/ft³ interchangeable with pounds per gallon?

No, and confusing the two is an expensive habit in drilling-mud and slurry work. A cubic foot holds about 7.48 US gallons, so a fluid at 62.4 lb/ft³ is near 8.34 pounds per US gallon. Only the cubic-foot form appears here.

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