board foot | 1 fbm | 2 fbm | 3 fbm | 4 fbm | 5 fbm | 6 fbm | 7 fbm | 8 fbm | 9 fbm | 10 fbm | 11 fbm | 12 fbm | 13 fbm | 14 fbm | 15 fbm | 16 fbm | 17 fbm | 18 fbm | 19 fbm | 20 fbm | 21 fbm | 22 fbm | 23 fbm | 24 fbm | 25 fbm | 26 fbm | 27 fbm | 28 fbm | 29 fbm | 30 fbm | 31 fbm | 32 fbm | 33 fbm | 34 fbm | 35 fbm | 36 fbm | 37 fbm | 38 fbm | 39 fbm | 40 fbm | 41 fbm | 42 fbm | 43 fbm | 44 fbm | 45 fbm | 46 fbm | 47 fbm | 48 fbm | 49 fbm | 50 fbm | 51 fbm | 52 fbm | 53 fbm | 54 fbm | 55 fbm | 56 fbm | 57 fbm | 58 fbm | 59 fbm | 60 fbm | 61 fbm | 62 fbm | 63 fbm | 64 fbm | 65 fbm | 66 fbm | 67 fbm | 68 fbm | 69 fbm | 70 fbm | 71 fbm | 72 fbm | 73 fbm | 74 fbm | 75 fbm | 76 fbm | 77 fbm | 78 fbm | 79 fbm | 80 fbm | 81 fbm | 82 fbm | 83 fbm | 84 fbm | 85 fbm | 86 fbm | 87 fbm | 88 fbm | 89 fbm | 90 fbm | 91 fbm | 92 fbm | 93 fbm | 94 fbm | 95 fbm | 96 fbm | 97 fbm | 98 fbm | 99 fbm | 100 fbm |
US barrel (dry) | 0.0204080 bl (US) | 0.0408159 bl (US) | 0.0612239 bl (US) | 0.0816319 bl (US) | 0.1020399 bl (US) | 0.1224478 bl (US) | 0.1428558 bl (US) | 0.1632638 bl (US) | 0.1836718 bl (US) | 0.2040797 bl (US) | 0.2244877 bl (US) | 0.2448957 bl (US) | 0.2653037 bl (US) | 0.2857116 bl (US) | 0.3061196 bl (US) | 0.3265276 bl (US) | 0.3469355 bl (US) | 0.3673435 bl (US) | 0.3877515 bl (US) | 0.4081595 bl (US) | 0.4285674 bl (US) | 0.4489754 bl (US) | 0.4693834 bl (US) | 0.4897914 bl (US) | 0.5101993 bl (US) | 0.5306073 bl (US) | 0.5510153 bl (US) | 0.5714233 bl (US) | 0.5918312 bl (US) | 0.6122392 bl (US) | 0.6326472 bl (US) | 0.6530552 bl (US) | 0.6734631 bl (US) | 0.6938711 bl (US) | 0.7142791 bl (US) | 0.7346870 bl (US) | 0.7550950 bl (US) | 0.7755030 bl (US) | 0.7959110 bl (US) | 0.8163189 bl (US) | 0.8367269 bl (US) | 0.8571349 bl (US) | 0.8775429 bl (US) | 0.8979508 bl (US) | 0.9183588 bl (US) | 0.9387668 bl (US) | 0.9591748 bl (US) | 0.9795827 bl (US) | 0.9999907 bl (US) | 1.0203987 bl (US) | 1.0408066 bl (US) | 1.0612146 bl (US) | 1.0816226 bl (US) | 1.1020306 bl (US) | 1.1224385 bl (US) | 1.1428465 bl (US) | 1.1632545 bl (US) | 1.1836625 bl (US) | 1.2040704 bl (US) | 1.2244784 bl (US) | 1.2448864 bl (US) | 1.2652944 bl (US) | 1.2857023 bl (US) | 1.3061103 bl (US) | 1.3265183 bl (US) | 1.3469262 bl (US) | 1.3673342 bl (US) | 1.3877422 bl (US) | 1.4081502 bl (US) | 1.4285581 bl (US) | 1.4489661 bl (US) | 1.4693741 bl (US) | 1.4897821 bl (US) | 1.5101900 bl (US) | 1.5305980 bl (US) | 1.5510060 bl (US) | 1.5714140 bl (US) | 1.5918219 bl (US) | 1.6122299 bl (US) | 1.6326379 bl (US) | 1.6530459 bl (US) | 1.6734538 bl (US) | 1.6938618 bl (US) | 1.7142698 bl (US) | 1.7346777 bl (US) | 1.7550857 bl (US) | 1.7754937 bl (US) | 1.7959017 bl (US) | 1.8163096 bl (US) | 1.8367176 bl (US) | 1.8571256 bl (US) | 1.8775336 bl (US) | 1.8979415 bl (US) | 1.9183495 bl (US) | 1.9387575 bl (US) | 1.9591655 bl (US) | 1.9795734 bl (US) | 1.9999814 bl (US) | 2.0203894 bl (US) | 2.0407973 bl (US) |
The board-foot is a specialized unit of measure for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one-foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick.
Board-foot can be abbreviated FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT, or BF. Thousand board-feet can be abbreviated as MFBM, MBFT, or MBF. Similarly, million board-feet can be abbreviated as MMFBM, MMBFT, or MMBF.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
---|---|---|---|---|
board foot | fbm | ≡ 144 cu in | ≡ 2.359737216×10−3 m3 | Imperial/US |
board feet | US barrels (dry) | board feet | US barrels (dry) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 0.020407973459005 | 6 | = 0.12244784075403 |
2 | = 0.040815946918011 | 7 | = 0.14285581421304 |
3 | = 0.061223920377016 | 8 | = 0.16326378767204 |
4 | = 0.081631893836021 | 9 | = 0.18367176113105 |
5 | = 0.10203986729503 | 10 | = 0.20407973459005 |
A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels (such as the UK beer barrel and US beer barrel), oil barrels and so on. For historical reasons the volumes of some barrel units are roughly double the volumes of others; volumes in common usage range from about 100 to 200 litres (22 to 44 imp gal; 26 to 53 US gal).
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
---|---|---|---|---|
US barrel (dry) | bl (US) | ≡ 105 qt (US) = 105/32 bu (US lvl) | = 0.115628198985075 m3 | Imperial/US |
US barrels (dry) | board feet | US barrels (dry) | board feet |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 49.000455729167 | 6 | = 294.002734375 |
2 | = 98.000911458333 | 7 | = 343.00319010417 |
3 | = 147.0013671875 | 8 | = 392.00364583333 |
4 | = 196.00182291667 | 9 | = 441.0041015625 |
5 | = 245.00227864583 | 10 | = 490.00455729167 |
board feet | US barrels (dry) |
---|---|
1 | = 0.0204080 |
49.0004557 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
---|---|
≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |