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A kilogram is a measure of mass. A centilitre is a measure of volume. The two measure different things and, according to basic principles of dimensional analysis, conversion from one to the other is not valid.

If you are not convinced, consider a centilitre of air. How many kilograms? Next consider a centilitre of Mercury. How many kilograms?

Some people still believe that there is a conversion in relation to water but that is only approximately true. Until 1964 a litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at 4 deg Celsius and at a pressure of 760 millilitres of mercury. With that definition 1000 centilitres of water (under those conditions) would have had a mass of 10 kg. But that definition of a litre was abandoned in favour of 1 litre =1000 cubic centimetres.

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