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Orders of magnitude (volume)
Comparison of a wide range of volumes
Comparison of a wide range of volumes
The table lists various objects and units by the order of magnitude of their volume.
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Sub-microscopic
| Volume (m3) | Example |
|---|---|
| The Planck volume | |
| One cubic quectometre | |
| One cubic rontometre | |
| One cubic yoctometre | |
| One cubic zeptometre | |
| One cubic attometre | |
| One cubic femtometre | |
| Volume of a proton | |
| Classical volume of an electron | |
| One cubic picometre | |
| One quectolitre | |
| One cubic ångström or one rontolitre | |
| Volume enclosed by the Van der Waals radius of a hydrogen atom | |
| van der Waals volume of a helium atom | |
| volume enclosed by the van der Waals radius of a gold atom | |
| van der Waals volume of a molecule | |
| van der Waals volume of a molecule | |
| One cubic nanometre or one yoctolitre | |
| One zeptolitre | |
| Typical volume of structures on the Martian meteorite ALH84001 | |
| One attolitre | |
| Volume of hypothesised nanobacteria | |
| Volume of a typical virus |
Microscopic
| Volume (m3) | Example |
|---|---|
| One cubic micrometre or one femtolitre | |
| Average volume of a platelet | |
| Normal volume of a human red blood cell | |
| Average volume of a lymphocyte | |
| Mean volume of a neutrophil granulocyte | |
| Volume of an average monocyte | |
| One picolitre | |
| One drop from a high resolution colour inkjet printer | |
| a very fine grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms) | |
| One nanolitre | |
| A medium grain of sand (0.5 mm diameter, 1.5 milligrams) | |
| Volume of a poppy seed of 1-millimetre diameter | |
| One cubic millimetre or one microlitre | |
| Volume of a mustard seed of 2-millimetre diameter | |
| Volume of a small grain of rice 2 mm wide by 5 mm long |
Human measures
| Volume (m3) | Example |
|---|---|
| One imperial minim | |
| One US minim | |
| Volume of a large grain of rice 3 mm wide by 12 mm long | |
| Average volume of a pea | |
| One cubic centimetre or one millilitre | |
| One imperial fluid scruple | |
| One US fluid scruple | |
| One *sai* | |
| One imperial fluid drachm | |
| One US fluid dram | |
| Average human ejaculation | |
| One teaspoon | |
| One *ligula* | |
| One tablespoon | |
| One cubic inch | |
| One *shaku* | |
| One imperial fluid ounce | |
| One US fluid ounce | |
| Average amount of blood lost by a woman during menstruation | |
| One *cyathus* | |
| One *acetabulum* | |
| Maximum volume of non-exempt liquids, gels, and aerosols allowed in a U.S. air traveler's carry-on luggage | |
| One US gill | |
| One *quartarius* | |
| One imperial gill | |
| One *gō* (a common size for serving sake) | |
| one Roman *hemina* or *cotyla* | |
| Volume of stubby or steinie of beer (Europe–330 mL, Canada–341 mL, Japan–350 mL, US–355 mL, Australia–375 mL) | |
| Rough volume of the human urinary bladder | |
| One US liquid pint | |
| One *sextarius* | |
| One US dry pint | |
| One imperial pint | |
| The most common volume for wine and liquor bottles, also the size of an Australian long neck of beer; sometimes called a 'fifth' in the United States for its approximation to the once-common one-fifth-gallon bottle | |
| One US liquid quart | |
| One cubic decimetre or one litre | |
| Volume of 1 kilogram of distilled water (at the temperature of maximum density (3.98 C) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa)) | |
| One US dry quart | |
| One imperial quart | |
| Typical range of automobile engine displacements | |
| Human brain cavity | |
| One *shō* (formerly a common sake-bottle size) | |
| One US liquid gallon | |
| One *semimodius* | |
| One US dry gallon | |
| One imperial gallon | |
| Approximate volume of the blood in one adult human | |
| Average total volume of the lungs of a male human | |
| One US peck | |
| One imperial peck | |
| One *urna* | |
| One *to* | |
| One Ancient Greek amphora | |
| One Roman amphora | |
| One French amphora | |
| One cubic foot | |
| One US bushel | |
| One imperial bushel | |
| One firkin | |
| Gasoline fuel tank in a car (Volvo 240){{cite web | |
| One rundlet | |
| Average volume of an adult human | |
| One kilderkin | |
| One US barrel for cranberries | |
| One US dry barrel | |
| One US beer barrel, 31 US gallons | |
| One US fluid barrel (apart from oil or beer), 31.5 US gallons | |
| One oil barrel, 42 US gallons, about one tierce (158–160 L) | |
| One imperial barrel, 36 imperial gallons | |
| One *koku* | |
| Standard drum size used for shipping bulk cargo | |
| One hogshead | |
| One puncheon or tertian | |
| One butt (an old unit for beer and wine) | |
| One *culeus* | |
| One cubic yard | |
| One tun (an old unit for beer and wine) | |
| One cubic metre, one kilolitre or one stère—volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions) | |
| External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres | |
| External volume of a standard 40-foot ("FEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 67.5 cubic metres |
Terrestrial
| Volume (m3) | Example |
|---|---|
| Volume of a rear-engine Leyland Titan London double-decker bus | |
| Volume of any A Division New York City Subway car | |
| 1 e3m3 | One cubic decametre or one megalitre |
| One acre-foot | |
| Volume of an Olympic size swimming pool of minimal depth (50 m × 25 m × 2 m). | |
| Volume of each of the nine spheres of the Atomium in Brussels | |
| Gas volume in the first zeppelin *LZ 1* | |
| Amount of concrete in Trbovlje Chimney | |
| Quebec's 2001 output of maple syrup | |
| Typical volume of a large gasometer | |
| Volume of the Royal Albert Hall auditorium{{cite book | |
| Volume of gas in the USS *Macon* (ZRS-5) zeppelin | |
| Volume of gas in the *Hindenburg* zeppelin | |
| Volume of crude oil that can be carried aboard the *Knock Nevis* supertanker | |
| Volume of Taipei 101's gross floor space square metres floor space from | |
| 1 e6m3 | One cubic hectometre, one gigalitre or one kilostère |
| Volume the 1910 Lakeview Gusher oil spilt (the biggest oil gusher in US history) | |
| Volume of concrete in the Panama Canal Locks | |
| Volume of stone in the Great Pyramid of Giza | |
| Approximately amount of mud and clay that slid into the South Nation River valley as a landslide on 20 June 1993 | |
| Volume of concrete in Hoover Dam | |
| Volume of the NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building | |
| Volume of chalk excavated in the construction of the Channel Tunnel | |
| Volume of Chagan Lake, artificial lake created by nuclear explosion | |
| Volume of material in the Gatun Dam, completed in 1913 | |
| Volume of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure | |
| Volume of Aswan Dam | |
| Volume of gas required per day by India in 2005 | |
| Volume of the Grimsel reservoir | |
| Volume of Lake Baldegg, Switzerland | |
| Volume of material excavated in the construction of the Panama Canal | |
| Volume of Lac de la Gruyère, Switzerland | |
| Volume of Lake Halwill, Switzerland | |
| Volume of the Great Wall of China | |
| Volume of all humans alive on the planet (based on an average mass of 40–70 kg per human) | |
| Predicted volume of natural gas required per day by India in 2025 | |
| One sydharb—volume of Sydney Harbour, Australia | |
| Volume of Lake Murten, Switzerland | |
| 1 e9m3 | One cubic kilometre or one teralitre |
| Approximate volume of rock ejected during the [1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens](1980-eruption-of-mount-st-helens) | |
| volume of Lake Biel, Switzerland | |
| volume of Lake Walen, Switzerland | |
| volume of Lake Zug | |
| Volume of Lake Zürich | |
| One cubic mile | |
| Volume of crude oil consumed by the world in a year | |
| volume of Lake Brienz | |
| Volume of the artificial Gatun Lake (Panama Canal) | |
| Volume of Lake Thun | |
| volume of Lake Lugano | |
| Estimated volume of rock ejected during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo | |
| volume of Lake Neuchâtel | |
| Volume of Lake Lucerne | |
| Volume of Lake Mead, the reservoir of the Hoover Dam | |
| Volume of Lago Maggiore | |
| Volume of Lake Constance | |
| Volume of Lake Geneva | |
| Estimated volume of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano on 12 April 1815 | |
| Volume of Lake Nasser | |
| Volume of Fedchenko Glacier and its tributaries | |
| Estimated volume of the annual net inflow of seawater to the Black Sea (from the Mediterranean Sea via the Bosporus) | |
| Volume of Lake Onega | |
| Volume of crude oil on Earth | |
| Estimated volume of the annual inflow of freshwater to the Black Sea | |
| Volume of Lake Erie | |
| Volume of Lake Ladoga | |
| 1 e12m3 | One petalitre |
| Volume of the Aral Sea in 1960 | |
| Volume of Lake Victoria | |
| Volume of magma erupted by the Toba supervolcano years ago | |
| Volume of Lake Michigan | |
| Volume of the Fish Canyon Tuff erupted by the La Garita Caldera | |
| Volume of the asteroid [433 Eros](433-eros) | |
| Volume of Lake Superior | |
| Volume of Lake Tanganyika | |
| Volume of Lake Baikal | |
| Volume of the Black Sea | |
| One exalitre | |
| 1 e15m3 | Volume of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, which contains the deepest point on the Earth's surface |
| Volume of Greenland ice cap | |
| Volume of the Mediterranean Sea | |
| Volume of water contained in the rings of Saturn (rough estimate) | |
| Volume of water contained in the Antarctic ice sheet (rough estimate) | |
| Volume of the Atlantic Ocean and volume of the Indian Ocean (rough estimates) | |
| Volume of Ceres | |
| One cubic megametre or one zettalitre—volume of the Pacific Ocean (rough estimate) | |
| Volume of all oceans on Earth |
Astronomical
| Volume (m3) | Example | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated volume of Europa's oceans | |||||||||
| Volume of Pluto | |||||||||
| Volume of the Moon | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Mercury | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Mars | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Venus | |||||||||
| One yottalitre | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Earth | |||||||||
| Volume of all the rocky planets in the Solar System | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Neptune | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Uranus | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Saturn | |||||||||
| One ronnalitre | |||||||||
| Volume of planet Jupiter | |||||||||
| Total volume of all the planets in the Solar System | |||||||||
| One cubic gigametre or one quettalitre | |||||||||
| Volume of the Sun | |||||||||
| volume of Alcyone, brightest star in the Pleiades | |||||||||
| Volume of Arcturus, brightest star in Boötes | |||||||||
| Volume of Rigel, the brightest star in Orion | |||||||||
| Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun | |||||||||
| Volume of γ Crucis, a red giant in Crux | |||||||||
| Volume of Deneb, a white supergiant in Cygnus | |||||||||
| Volume of η Carinae, a white supergiant in Cygnus | |||||||||
| Estimated volume of S Orionis | |||||||||
| Volume of Antares, a slow irregular variable in Scorpius | |||||||||
| Volume of Betelgeuse | |||||||||
| One cubic terametre | |||||||||
| Possible volume of μ Cephei (estimates vary) | |||||||||
| Estimated volume of VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant star | |||||||||
| Volume of a sphere which would enclose the orbit of Neptune | |||||||||
| Possible volume of the Heliosphere inside the termination shock | |||||||||
| Daily increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula | |||||||||
| 4 | 3}}*πr*3; core radius *r* = distance times sin( angular diameter) = 0.2 light year. Distance = 3.3 ± 0.9 kly; angular diameter = 20 arcseconds; expands 10 milliarcseconds per year.{{Cite journal | ||||||||
| One cubic petametre | |||||||||
| 4 | 3}}*πr*3 = | ||||||||
| Volume of the bright inner nebula of the Cat's Eye Nebula | |||||||||
| author=Michael Szpir | title=Bart Bok's Black Blobs | url=http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14678 | date=May–June 2001 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629033609/http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14678 | archivedate=29 June 2003 | publisher=American Scientist | quote=Bok globules such as Barnard 68 are only about half a light-year across and weigh in at about two solar masses | accessdate=19 November 2008}} | |
| The volume of a Bok globule one light year across | |||||||||
| One cubic light-year | |||||||||
| Volume of the Oort Cloud, assuming a radius of | |||||||||
| Volume of the Dumbbell Nebula | |||||||||
| One cubic parsec | |||||||||
| Approximate volume of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) (assuming a radius of 5 light years, sources differ){{Cite APOD | |||||||||
| One cubic exametre | |||||||||
| Estimated volume of a small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705 | |||||||||
| Estimated volume of the Local Bubble, assuming a radius of 100 parsecs (~39 million cubic light years) | |||||||||
| Estimated volume of a dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud | |||||||||
| One cubic kiloparsec | |||||||||
| Volume of a galaxy like the Milky Way | |||||||||
| One cubic zettametre—approximate volume of whole Milky Way including Globes | |||||||||
| Volume of the Local Group | |||||||||
| Volume of the Gemini Void | |||||||||
| One cubic yottametre | |||||||||
| Volume of the Local Void (about cubic light years) | |||||||||
| Volume of the Virgo Supercluster | |||||||||
| Volume of the Sculptor Void (about cubic light years) | |||||||||
| Least volume of the Southern Local Supervoid (about cubic light years){{Citation | |||||||||
| Volume of the Observable Universe | |||||||||
| One cubic ronnametre | |||||||||
| Lower bound on the volume of the universe based on analysis of WMAP | |||||||||
| One cubic quettametre | |||||||||
| rough upper bound on the physical size of the present universe, a result of the maximum number of Hubble volumes. |
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- "Does Low Sperm Volume Mean Low Testosterone?".
- "Australian Conventional Units of Measurement in Water". Australian Water Association.
- [[Jim Kaler. Kaler, Jim]], [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/alcyone.html ''Alcyone''], retrieved 18 November 2008: "radius nearly 10 solar"
- Mozurkewich, David; Armstrong, J. Thomas; Hindsley, Robert B.; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Hummel, Christian A.; Hutter, Donald J.; Johnston, Kenneth J.; Hajian, Arsen R.; Elias II, Nicholas M.; Buscher, David F.; and Simon, Richard S.; ''Angular diameters of stars from the Mark III optical interferometer'', '''Astronomical Journal''', 126, 2502–2520 (2003)
- Its radius is 70 times the Sun's
- Its radius is 113 times the Sun's.
- = 11488.213 * 9.4605284 × 10(power of 15) X 1,000,000,000 meters long (appr)
- Its radius is estimated to be 200 to 300 times the Sun's
- [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=II/224/cadars&recno=9107 VizeR page for Antares], retrieved 18 November 2009: "5.1e+02 solRad"
- [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=II/224/cadars&recno=2512 VizeR page for S Orionis], retrieved 18 November 2009: "5.3e+02 solRad"
- Humphreys, Roberta M.; [https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0610433 ''VY Canis Majoris: The Astrophysical Basis of its Luminosity''], arxiv.org, 13 October 2006, page 3, retrieved 18 November 2009: "1800 to 2100 R⊙"
- {{frac. 4. Reed. Balick. Hajian. Klayton. 1999
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- 1.86
- Michael Szpir. (May–June 2001). "Bart Bok's Black Blobs". [[American Scientist]].
- their size varies: a globule one quarter light year in radius has {{val. 5.5. 4.4. 3.5
- (October 18, 2006). "NGC 7635: The Bubble".
- Hubble Site, 2000. [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/04/image/a/ An Expanding Bubble in Space]. "diameter of 6 light-years".
- An Atlas of the Universe. [http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/nearsc.html The Nearest Superclusters]. Retrieved 19 November 2008
- assuming it is a sphere of 100 million light year radius
- https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605709v2 How Many Universes Do There Need To Be?
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.2924v1.pdf "On Cosmological Implications of Holographic Entropy Bound" p.4
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