The table lists various objects and units by the order of magnitude of their volume.
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 Mars meteorite ALH84001 | |
One attolitre | |
Volume of hypothesised nanobacteria | |
Volume of a typical virus |
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 |
One imperial units 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 units fluid scruple | |
One US fluid scruple | |
One sai | |
One imperial units fluid drachm | |
One US fluid dram | |
Average human ejaculation | |
One teaspoon | |
One ligula | |
One tablespoon | |
One cubic inch | |
One shaku | |
One imperial units 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 units gill | |
One gō (a common size for serving sake) | |
one Roman 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 units 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 () and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa)) | |
One US dry quart | |
One imperial units 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 unit gallon | |
Approximate volume of the blood in one adult human | |
Average lung volumes 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) | |
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 Refrigerator (external dimensions) | |
External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo containerization, 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 |
Volume of a rear-engine Leyland Titan London double-decker bus | |
Volume of any A Division New York City Subway car | |
One cubic decametre or one megalitre | |
One acre-foot | |
Volume of an Olympic size swimming pool of minimal depth . | |
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 | |
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 Structurae multiplied by the "Slab to Slab Height" of 4.20 metres from taipei-101.com.tw gives cubic metres. Floors one to eight can be approximated as square metres (from [3] ) times 8 times 4.2 metres, or an additional cubic metres, giving an estimated cubic metres. | |
One cubic hectometre, one gigalitre or one stere | |
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 lake | |
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 | |
One cubic kilometre or one teralitre | |
Approximate volume of rock ejected during the 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 | |
One petalitre | |
Volume of the Aral Sea in 1960 | |
Volume of Lake Victoria | |
Volume of magma erupted by the Lake 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 | |
Volume of Lake Superior | |
Volume of Lake Tanganyika | |
Volume of Lake Baikal | |
Volume of the Black Sea | |
One exalitre | |
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 on Earth |
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