Imperial fluid ounce fl oz
About the Imperial fluid ounce
The imperial fluid ounce is one 160th of an imperial gallon, exactly 28.4130625 millilitres. It was chosen so that a fluid ounce of water weighs about one avoirdupois ounce. It is roughly 4 per cent smaller than the US fluid ounce.
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gal4.54609 L (exact)
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Imperial pint
pt568.26125 mL (exact)
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Imperial bushel
bu36.36872 L (8 imperial gallons)
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Litre
L1 L = 1 dm³ = 0.001 m³ (exact)
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