Units of Volume Flow
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Description
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Volume flow has the dimension length cubed over time. The SI composite unit of volume flow is the cubic meter per second.
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Maple knows the units of volume flow listed in the following table.
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Symbols
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Context
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Alternate Spellings
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Prefixes
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gallon_per_minute
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gpm
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US_liquid *
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gallons_per_minute
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UK
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US_dry
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cubic_foot_per_minute
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cfm
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standard *
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cubic_feet_per_minute
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An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, gallon_per_minute[US_liquid] or cfm[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, gallon_per_minute or cfm.
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The units of volume flow are defined as follows.
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A US liquid, US dry, or UK gallon per minute is defined as a gallon of the same context per minute.
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A standard cubic foot per minute is defined as a cubic standard foot per minute.
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