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Comparison of a wide range of volumes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The table lists various objects and units by the order of magnitude of their volume.
Volume (m3) | Example |
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4.22419×10−105 | The Planck volume |
1×10−90 | One cubic quectometre |
1×10−81 | One cubic rontometre |
1×10−72 | One cubic yoctometre |
1×10−63 | One cubic zeptometre |
1×10−54 | One cubic attometre |
1×10−45 | One cubic femtometre |
~2.82×10−45 | Volume of a proton |
~9.4×10−44 | Classical volume of an electron |
1×10−36 | One cubic picometre |
1×10−33 | One quectolitre |
1×10−30 | One cubic ångström or one rontolitre |
7.23×10−30 | Volume enclosed by the Van der Waals radius of a hydrogen atom |
3.936×10−29 | van der Waals volume of a helium atom |
1.91×10−29 | volume enclosed by the van der Waals radius of a gold atom |
3.75×10−29 | van der Waals volume of a H 2 molecule |
5.29×10−29 | van der Waals volume of a O 2 molecule |
1×10−27 | One cubic nanometre or one yoctolitre |
1×10−24 | One zeptolitre |
5×10−23 | Typical volume of structures on the Martian meteorite ALH84001 |
1×10−21 | One attolitre |
4×10−21 | Volume of hypothesised nanobacteria |
5×10−21 | Volume of a typical virus |
Volume (m3) | Example |
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1×10−18 | One cubic micrometre or one femtolitre |
9×10−18 | Average volume of a platelet |
9×10−17 | Normal volume of a human red blood cell |
2×10−16 | Average volume of a lymphocyte |
3.3×10−16 | Mean volume of a neutrophil granulocyte |
4.2×10−16 | Volume of an average monocyte |
1×10−15 | One picolitre |
2–9×10−15 | One drop from a high resolution colour inkjet printer |
1.3×10−13 | a very fine grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms) |
1×10−12 | One nanolitre |
6.2×10−11 | A medium grain of sand (0.5 mm diameter, 1.5 milligrams) |
5×10−10 | Volume of a poppy seed of 1-millimetre diameter[1] |
1×10−9 | One cubic millimetre or one microlitre |
4×10−9 | Volume of a mustard seed of 2-millimetre diameter |
2×10−8 | Volume of a small grain of rice 2 mm wide by 5 mm long |
Volume (m3) | Example |
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5.92×10−8 | One imperial minim |
6.16×10−8 | One US minim |
7×10−8 | Volume of a large grain of rice 3 mm wide by 12 mm long |
2×10−7 | Average volume of a pea |
1×10−6 | One cubic centimetre or one millilitre |
1.18×10−6 | One imperial fluid scruple |
1.23×10−6 | One US fluid scruple |
1.80×10−6 | One sai |
3.55×10−6 | One imperial fluid drachm |
3.70×10−6 | One US fluid dram |
3–5×10−6 | Average human ejaculation[2] |
3.55–5×10−6 | One teaspoon |
1.14×10−5 | One ligula |
1.42–2.0×10−5 | One tablespoon |
1.639×10−5 | One cubic inch |
1.80×10−5 | One shaku |
2.84×10−5 | One imperial fluid ounce |
2.96×10−5 | One US fluid ounce |
3.5×10−5 | Average amount of blood lost by a woman during menstruation |
4.5×10−5 | One cyathus |
6.8×10−5 | One acetabulum |
1×10−4 | Maximum volume of non-exempt liquids, gels, and aerosols allowed in a U.S. air traveler's carry-on luggage |
1.18×10−4 | One US gill |
1.36×10−4 | One quartarius |
1.42×10−4 | One imperial gill |
1.80×10−4 | One gō (a common size for serving sake) |
2.73×10−4 | one Roman hemina or cotyla |
3.3–3.75×10−4 | Volume of stubby or steinie of beer (Europe–330 mL, Canada–341 mL, Japan–350 mL, US–355 mL, Australia–375 mL) |
4×10−4 | Rough volume of the human urinary bladder |
4.73×10−4 | One US liquid pint |
5.46×10−4 | One sextarius |
5.51×10−4 | One US dry pint |
5.68×10−4 | One imperial pint |
7.5×10−4 | 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 |
9.46×10−4 | One US liquid quart |
1×10−3 | One cubic decimetre or one litre |
1.000028×10−3 | Volume of 1 kilogram of distilled water (at the temperature of maximum density (3.98 °C or 39.16 °F) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa)) |
1.10×10−3 | One US dry quart |
1.14×10−3 | One imperial quart |
1.0–8.2×10−3 | Typical range of automobile engine displacements |
1.4×10−3 | Human brain cavity |
1.80×10−3 | One shō (formerly a common sake-bottle size) |
3.8×10−3 | One US liquid gallon |
4.36×10−3 | One semimodius |
4.40×10−3 | One US dry gallon |
4.5×10−3 | One imperial gallon |
5×10−3 | Approximate volume of the blood in one adult human |
6×10−3 | Average total volume of the lungs of a male human |
8.81×10−3 | One US peck |
9.09×10−3 | One imperial peck |
1.31×10−2 | One urna |
1.80×10−2 | One to |
1.85–3.6×10−2 | One Ancient Greek amphora |
2.62×10−2 | One Roman amphora |
3.4×10−2 | One French amphora |
2.83×10−2 | One cubic foot |
3.52×10−2 | One US bushel |
3.64×10−2 | One imperial bushel |
3.7–4.2×10−2 | One firkin |
6.0×10−2 | Gasoline fuel tank in a car (Volvo 240)[3] |
6.8–6.9×10−2 | One rundlet |
7.1×10−2 | Average volume of an adult human |
7.4–8.3×10−2 | One kilderkin |
9.55×10−2 | One US barrel for cranberries |
1.16×10−1 | One US dry barrel |
1.17×10−1 | One US beer barrel, 31 US gallons |
1.19×10−1 | One US fluid barrel (apart from oil or beer), 31.5 US gallons |
1.59×10−1 | One oil barrel, 42 US gallons, about one tierce (158–160 L) |
1.64×10−1 | One imperial barrel, 36 imperial gallons |
1.80×10−1 | One koku |
2×10−1 | Standard drum size used for shipping bulk cargo |
2.2–2.5×10−1 | One hogshead |
3.1–3.2×10−1 | One puncheon or tertian |
4.7–4.9×10−1 | One butt (an old unit for beer and wine) |
5.24×10−1 | One culeus |
7.65×10−1 | One cubic yard |
9.5–9.8×10−1 | One tun (an old unit for beer and wine) |
1×100 | One cubic metre, one kilolitre or one stère—volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions) |
3.85×101 | External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres |
7.7×101 | External volume of a standard 40-foot ("FEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 67.5 cubic metres |
Volume (m3) | Example |
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1.05×102 | Volume of a rear-engine Leyland Titan London double-decker bus |
1.49×102 | Volume of any A Division New York City Subway car |
1×10 3 m3 (35,000 cu ft; 1.0×10−6 km3) | One cubic decametre or one megalitre |
1.233×103 | One acre-foot |
2.5×103 | Volume of an Olympic size swimming pool of minimal depth (50 m × 25 m × 2 m). |
3.054×103 | Volume of each of the nine spheres of the Atomium in Brussels |
1.13×104 | Gas volume in the first zeppelin LZ 1 |
1.1866×104 | Amount of concrete in Trbovlje Chimney |
1.56×104 | Quebec's 2001 output of maple syrup |
5.0×104 | Typical volume of a large gasometer |
8.5–9.9×104 | Volume of the Royal Albert Hall auditorium[4] |
1.84×105 | Volume of gas in the USS Macon (ZRS-5) zeppelin |
2.11890×105 | Volume of gas in the Hindenburg zeppelin |
6.50×105 | Volume of crude oil that can be carried aboard the Knock Nevis supertanker |
9.66×105 | Volume of Taipei 101's gross floor space[5] |
1×10 6 m3 (1,300,000 cu yd; 0.0010 km3) | One cubic hectometre, one gigalitre or one kilostère |
1.4×106 | Volume the 1910 Lakeview Gusher oil spilt (the biggest oil gusher in US history) |
1.5644×106 | Volume of concrete in the Panama Canal Locks |
2.6006×106 | Volume of stone in the Great Pyramid of Giza |
3×106 | Approximately amount of mud and clay that slid into the South Nation River valley as a landslide on 20 June 1993 |
3.33×106 | Volume of concrete in Hoover Dam |
3.664883×106 | Volume of the NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building |
8×106 | Volume of chalk excavated in the construction of the Channel Tunnel |
1×107 | Volume of Chagan Lake, artificial lake created by nuclear explosion |
1.7×107 | Volume of material in the Gatun Dam, completed in 1913 |
2.8×107 | Volume of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure |
4.3×107 | Volume of Aswan Dam |
9×107 | Volume of gas required per day by India in 2005 |
1.01×108 | Volume of the Grimsel reservoir |
1.73×108 | Volume of Lake Baldegg, Switzerland |
2.05×108 | Volume of material excavated in the construction of the Panama Canal |
2.2×108 | Volume of Lac de la Gruyère, Switzerland |
2.85×108 | Volume of Lake Halwill, Switzerland |
3.20–3.35×108 | Volume of the Great Wall of China |
3–5×108 | Volume of all humans alive on the planet (based on an average mass of 40–70 kg per human) |
4×108 | Predicted volume of natural gas required per day by India in 2025 |
5×108 | One sydharb—volume of Sydney Harbour, Australia[6] |
6.93×108 | Volume of Lake Murten, Switzerland |
1×10 9 m3 (1.3×109 cu yd; 1.0 km3) | One cubic kilometre or one teralitre |
1.2×109 | Approximate volume of rock ejected during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens |
1.3×109 | volume of Lake Biel, Switzerland |
2.5×109 | volume of Lake Walen, Switzerland |
3.2×109 | volume of Lake Zug |
3.9×109 | Volume of Lake Zürich |
4.168×109 | One cubic mile |
5×109 | Volume of crude oil consumed by the world in a year |
5.17×109 | volume of Lake Brienz |
5.2×109 | Volume of the artificial Gatun Lake (Panama Canal) |
6.5×109 | Volume of Lake Thun |
6.5×109 | volume of Lake Lugano |
1×1010 | Estimated volume of rock ejected during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo |
1.4×1010 | volume of Lake Neuchâtel |
1.45×1010 | Volume of Lake Lucerne |
3.52×1010 | Volume of Lake Mead, the reservoir of the Hoover Dam |
3.7×1010 | Volume of Lago Maggiore |
5.5×1010 | Volume of Lake Constance |
8.89×1010 | Volume of Lake Geneva |
1×1011 | Estimated volume of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano on 12 April 1815 |
1.33×1011 | Volume of Lake Nasser |
1.44×1011 | Volume of Fedchenko Glacier and its tributaries |
2×1011 | Estimated volume of the annual net inflow of seawater to the Black Sea (from the Mediterranean Sea via the Bosporus) |
2.8×1011 | Volume of Lake Onega |
~3×1011 | Volume of crude oil on Earth |
3.2×1011 | Estimated volume of the annual inflow of freshwater to the Black Sea |
4.84×1011 | Volume of Lake Erie |
8.37×1011 | Volume of Lake Ladoga |
1×10 12 m3 (1.3×1012 cu yd; 1,000 km3) | One petalitre |
1.1×1012 | Volume of the Aral Sea in 1960 |
2.76×1012 | Volume of Lake Victoria |
2.8×1012 | Volume of magma erupted by the Toba supervolcano 74000 years ago |
4.918×1012 | Volume of Lake Michigan |
5×1012 | Volume of the Fish Canyon Tuff erupted by the La Garita Caldera |
5.5×1012 | Volume of the asteroid 433 Eros |
1.2232×1013 | Volume of Lake Superior |
1.84×1013 | Volume of Lake Tanganyika |
2.36×1013 | Volume of Lake Baikal |
5.5×1014 | Volume of the Black Sea |
1×1015 | One exalitre |
1×10 15 m3 (1.3×1015 cu yd; 1,000,000 km3) | Volume of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, which contains the deepest point on the Earth's surface |
2.6×1015 | Volume of Greenland ice cap |
3.7×1015 | Volume of the Mediterranean Sea |
1.54×1016 | Volume of water contained in the rings of Saturn (rough estimate) |
3×1016 | Volume of water contained in the Antarctic ice sheet (rough estimate) |
3×1017 | Volume of the Atlantic Ocean and volume of the Indian Ocean (rough estimates) |
4.5×1017 | Volume of Ceres |
1×1018 | One cubic megametre or one zettalitre—volume of the Pacific Ocean (rough estimate) |
1.335×1018 | Volume of all oceans on Earth |
Volume (m3) | Example |
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3×1018 | Estimated volume of Europa's oceans |
6.4×1018 | Volume of Pluto |
2.2×1019 | Volume of the Moon |
6.1×1019 | Volume of planet Mercury |
1.6×1020 | Volume of planet Mars |
9.28×1020 | Volume of planet Venus |
1×1021 | One yottalitre |
1.08×1021 | Volume of planet Earth |
2.25×1021 | Volume of all the rocky planets in the Solar System |
6.38×1022 | Volume of planet Neptune |
7.02×1022 | Volume of planet Uranus |
9.23×1023 | Volume of planet Saturn |
1×1024 | One ronnalitre |
1.53×1024 | Volume of planet Jupiter |
2.59×1024 | Total volume of all the planets in the Solar System |
1×1027 | One cubic gigametre or one quettalitre |
1.41×1027 | Volume of the Sun |
~1×1030 | volume of Alcyone, brightest star in the Pleiades[7] |
~1.7×1031 | Volume of Arcturus, brightest star in Boötes[8] |
3.4×1032 | Volume of Rigel, the brightest star in Orion[9] |
~5×1032 | Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun |
1.4×1033 | Volume of γ Crucis, a red giant in Crux[10][11] |
~1×1034 | Volume of Deneb, a white supergiant in Cygnus[12] |
6.4×1034 | Volume of η Carinae, a white supergiant in Cygnus[12] |
1.3×1035 | Estimated volume of S Orionis[13] |
1.5×1035 | Volume of Antares, a Mira variable in Orion[14] |
~2.75×1035 | Volume of Betelgeuse |
1×1036 | One cubic terametre |
4×1036 | Possible volume of μ Cephei (estimates vary) |
8×1036 | Estimated volume of VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant star[15] |
3.9×1038 | volume of a sphere which would enclose the orbit of Neptune |
6–10×1039 | Possible volume of the Heliosphere inside the termination shock |
1.1×1041 | Daily increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula[16] |
4×1043 | Annual increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula[16][17] |
1×1045 | One cubic petametre |
~1.7×1045 | Approximate volume of the Stingray Nebula[18] |
~2.7×1046 | Volume of the bright inner nebula of the Cat's Eye Nebula[16] |
5.5×1046 | The volume of a Bok globule like Barnard 68[19][20] |
4.4×1047 | The volume of a Bok globule one light year across[19][20] |
8.47×1047 | One cubic light-year |
~1.7×1048 | Volume of the Oort Cloud, assuming a radius of 50000 AU |
~1.6×1049 | Volume of the Dumbbell Nebula |
2.94×1049 | One cubic parsec |
4.4×1050 | Approximate volume of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) (assuming a radius of 5 light years, sources differ)[21][22][23] |
1×1054 | One cubic exametre |
3×1055 | Estimated volume of a small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705 |
3.3×1055 | Estimated volume of the Local Bubble, assuming a radius of 100 parsecs (~39 million cubic light years) |
3×1058 | Estimated volume of a dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud |
2.94×1058 | One cubic kiloparsec |
~3.3×1061 | Volume of a galaxy like the Milky Way |
1×1063 | One cubic zettametre—approximate volume of whole Milky Way including Globes |
~5×1068 | Volume of the Local Group |
6.7×1071 | Volume of the Gemini Void |
1×1072 | One cubic yottametre |
1.2×1072 | Volume of the Local Void (about 1.4×1024 cubic light years)[24] |
3.5×1072 | Volume of the Virgo Supercluster[25] |
1×1073 | Volume of the Sculptor Void (about 1.1×1025 cubic light years)[24] |
2×1073 | Least volume of the Southern Local Supervoid (about 2.2×1025 cubic light years)[26] |
3.4×1080 | Volume of the Observable Universe |
1×1081 | One cubic ronnametre |
7.1×1081 | Lower bound on the volume of the universe based on analysis of WMAP[27] |
6.7×1083 | Lower bound on the volume of the entire universe |
1×1090 | One cubic quettametre |
~1×10113 | rough upper bound on the physical size of the present universe, a result of the maximum number of Hubble volumes.[28] |