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Weights and Measures
By Tammy Kramer, CAS
DJ Feathers Aviary The avian experience is global. That is
great news since we gain tremendous insight, knowledge and experience
about our passion from all over the world. We have found many wonderful
ideas, tips, and products from all over, particularly the line of
supplements from
The Birdcare Company There is a drawback to it though, if you were
like me (and didn't pay as close attention to all that metric conversion
talk, or opted out of home economics).Deciphering cc's to ounces and
cups to quarts was a challenge. I have it on good authority (the US
Government's National
Institute of Science and Technology) that the following information
is accurate (at least close enough for government work). So if you
needed help figuring out how much
Calciboost goes into a quart of water (or any of our metric-based
products), these tables are here to help:
Weights
| Avoirdupois (U.S.) |
Metric |
| 1/2 ounce |
14.17 grams |
| 1 ounce |
28.35 grams |
| 4 ounces |
113.4 grams |
| 16 ounces (or 1 pound) |
453.6 grams |
| 3.527 ounces |
100 grams |
| 8.818 ounces |
250 grams |
| 17.64 ounces (or 1.102 pounds) |
500 grams |
| 2.205 pounds |
1,000 grams (or 1 kilogram) |
Volume
| Avoirdupois (U.S.) |
Metric |
| 1 tsp |
4.929 ml or cc |
| 0.2113 cup |
50 ml |
| 1/4 cup |
59.15 ml or cc |
| 0.4227 cup |
100 ml |
| 1/2 cup |
118.3 ml or cc |
| 0.8454 cup |
200 ml |
| 1 cup |
236.6 ml or cc |
| 1.057 cups |
250 ml |
| 0.9081 quart |
1 liter |
| 1 quart |
1.137 liters |
| 1 gallon |
3.785 liters |
In the Kitchen
| 1 tsp |
1/3 tablespoon |
| 1 tablespoon |
3 teaspoons |
| 2 tablespoons |
1 ounce |
| 8 tablespoons |
1/2 cup |
| 16 tablespoons |
1 cup |
| 2 cups |
1 pint |
| 2 pints |
1 quart |
| 4 liquid quarts |
1 gallon |
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