Orders of magnitude (volume or capacity)
Powers of 10³ |
equal to... |
examples |
orders of magnitude
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10-45 cubic metres |
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volume of a proton
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10-9 cubic metres |
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10-9 m³, 10-8 m³, 10-7 m³
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10-6 cubic metres |
1 millilitre
(1 cubic centimetre) |
1 teaspoon = 3.55 ml to 5 ml
1 tablespoon = 14.2 ml to 20 ml
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1 cm³, 10 cm³, 100 cm³
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10-3 cubic metres |
1 litre
(1 cubic decimetre)
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1 US quart of milk = 0.95 liters;
1 United Kingdom quart of milk = 1.14 litres
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1 dm³, 10 dm³, 100 dm³
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1 cubic metre
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1000 litres |
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1 m³, 10 m³, 100 m³
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103 cubic metres |
1000 cubic metres
(1 million litres) |
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1 dam³, 10 dam³, 100 dam³
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106 cubic metres |
1 million cubic metres |
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1 hm³, 10 hm³, 100 hm³
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109 cubic metres |
1 cubic kilometre |
Volume of Lake Mead (Hoover Dam) = 35.2 km3
Volume of crude oil on Earth = ~300 km3
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1 km³, 10 km³, 100 km³
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1012 cubic metres |
1000 cubic kilometres |
Volume of Lake Superior = 12,232 km3
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1012 m³, 1013 m³, 1014 m³
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1015 cubic metres |
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1015 m³, 1016 m³, 1017 m³
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1018 cubic metres |
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Volume of water in all Earth oceans = 1.3×1018 m3
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1018 m³, 1019 m³ , 1020 m³
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1021 cubic metres |
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Volume of Earth = ~1×1021 m3
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1021 m³, 1022 m³ , 1023 m³
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1024 cubic metres |
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Volume of Jupiter = ~1×1025 m3
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1024 m³, 1025 m³ , 1026 m³
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1027 cubic metres |
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Volume of Sun = ~1×1027 m3
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1027 m³, 1028 m³ , 1029 m³
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1030 cubic metres |
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Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun = ~5×1032 m3
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1030 m³, 1031 m³ , 1032 m³
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1047 cubic metres |
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1 cubic light year = ~8.47×1047 m3
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1047 m³ , 1048 m³ , 1049 m³ |
1081 m3 |
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Approximate volume of the known universe 1.6 × 1081 m3
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The pages linked in the right-hand column contain lists of volumes that are of the same order of magnitude (power of ten). Rows in the table represent increasing powers of a thousand. (Note: dam³ and hm³ stand for cubic decametre and cubic hectometre respectively. The terms in the left-hand column are common terminology.)