L−1\text{L}^{-1}

per liter

Number densityCost per volumeexact by definition

The per litre is exactly 10³ m⁻³. Particle counting in liquids uses it: total particle counts in ultrapure water, plankton counts in a net tow and coliform densities are all per litre.

1 L−1\text{L}^{-1} (Number density)1,000 m−3\text{m}^{-3}
1 $/L\text{\$/L} (Cost per volume)1,000 $/m3\text{\$/m}^{3}
As a unit of cost per volume

Cost per litre is the retail-scale volumetric price, used for fuel at the pump in metric countries, for beverages and for laboratory and treatment chemicals. It is exactly one thousandth of the corresponding price per cubic metre, since a cubic metre holds exactly one thousand litres. The conversion is exact by definition of the litre.

One per liter in every number density unit

1,000per cubic meter (m⁻³)
28.3168per cubic foot (ft⁻³)
1per liter (L⁻¹)this unit
0.001per cubic centimeter (cm⁻³)
0.001per milliliter (mL⁻¹)
0.000001per microliter (μL⁻¹)
0.000001per cubic millimeter (mm⁻³)
3.72193e-23amagat (amagat)
1.00000e-27per cubic angstrom (Å⁻³)

One per liter in every cost per volume unit

1,233,480per acre-foot ($/ac·ft)
28,316.8per thousand cubic feet ($/Mcf)
3,785.41per thousand US gallons ($/1000 gal)
2,831.68per hundred cubic feet ($/CCF)
1,000per cubic meter ($/m³)
1,000per thousand liters ($/1000 L)
158.987per oil barrel ($/bbl)
28.3168per cubic foot ($/ft³)
4.54609per imperial gallon ($/imp gal)
3.78541per US gallon ($/gal)
1per liter ($/L)this unit