Barrels to Centiliters

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Barrels

It is important to note that there are different types of barrels used for different purposes:

The US liquid barrel is defined as 31.5 US liquid gallons, which is equivalent to about 119 liters: US liquid barrel

One US dry barrel is equivalent to 115.628 liters: US dry barrel

One oil barrel equaling approximately 42 US gallons or 159 liters: US Oil barrel

A Federal US Barrel typically contains 31 gallons, which is equivalent to approximately 117.35 liters: US federal barrel

One UK barrel is equivalent to around 164 liters: UK barrel

Centiliters

A Centiliter is a metric volume unit equal to one hundredth of a liter. Centiliters are commonly used to measure smaller volumes.

When converting volume measurements, be sure to remember that the dimensions are cubed and so doubling the sides of a cube will increase the volume by a factor of eight. To make conversions easier, please use our conversion calculators such as the one on this page and refer to the calculation underneath if you want to understand how the conversion is calculated. To select your required conversion please start here: Centiliters conversion.

Centiters as a measurement unit can be traced back to the French revolution and the start of the metric system. Metric measurements created a standardized and decimal system of measures that would be easy to use.

 

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