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  2. Cubic ton - Wikipedia

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    For the cubic ton, the situation is more complex—there are different cubic tons for different materials. The 1964 Reader's Digest Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary gave the following ton-derived volumes: Timber, 40 cubic feet or 480.0 bd ft or 1.133 m 3; Stone, 16 cubic feet (0.453 m 3) Salt, 42 US bushels (1.480 m 3) Lime, 40 US bushels (1.410 m 3)

  3. Commodity plastics - Wikipedia

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    Demand for plastic resins in Europe during 2017 as a percentage of total plastic demand. [1] A comparison of standard plastics, engineering plastics, and high-performance plastics Commodity plastics or commodity polymers are plastics produced in high volumes for applications such as packaging, food containers, and household products, including ...

  4. Plastic bottle - Wikipedia

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    A water bottle. Worldwide, 480 billions of plastic drinking bottles were sold in 2017 (and fewer than half were recycled). [1] A plastic bottle of antifreeze Large plastic bottles of water. A plastic bottle is a bottle constructed from high-density or low density plastic. Plastic bottles are typically used to store liquids such as water, soft ...

  5. Litre - Wikipedia

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    Hence 1 L ≡ 0.001 m 3 ≡ 1000 cm 3; and 1 m 3 (i.e. a cubic metre, which is the SI unit for volume) is exactly 1000 L. From 1901 to 1964, the litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at maximum density (+3.98 °C) [ citation needed ] and standard pressure .

  6. Dry measure - Wikipedia

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    In the US, the dry quart and dry pint are exactly ⁠ 15121 / 92400 ⁠ larger than their liquid counterparts, while the dry barrel is exactly ⁠ 1 / 33 ⁠ smaller than the fluid barrel, except for barrels of beer (dry barrels are exactly ⁠ 5 / 341 ⁠ smaller) and barrels of oil (dry barrels are exactly ⁠ 3 / 11 ⁠ smaller).

  7. Cubic metre - Wikipedia

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    the volume of a cube of side length one decimetre (0.1 m) equal to a litre 1 dm 3 = 0.001 m 3 = 1 L (also known as DCM (=Deci Cubic Meter) in Rubber compound processing) Cubic centimetre [5] the volume of a cube of side length one centimetre (0.01 m) equal to a millilitre 1 cm 3 = 0.000 001 m 3 = 10 −6 m 3 = 1 mL Cubic millimetre

  8. Plastic - Wikipedia

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    Owing to concerns over the effects of such leachates, the EU has restricted the use of DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) and other phthalates in some applications, and the US has limited the use of DEHP, DPB, BBP, DINP, DIDP, and DnOP in children's toys and child-care articles through the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.

  9. Ton - Wikipedia

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    The water ton is used chiefly in Great Britain, in statistics dealing with petroleum products, and is defined as 224 imperial gallons (35.96 cu ft; 1.018 m 3), [22] the volume occupied by 1 long ton (2,240 lb; 1,016 kg) of water under the conditions that define the imperial gallon.