I/O Bucket liquid volume
 

What is the volume of a I/O bucket? The newer pails.

This may be the long way but high school math was a long time ago:

Volume = (pi)(r^2)h

so (3.14)(radius^2)height

so for example radius 10 cm height 20cm

(3.14)*(10^2)(20)
3.14* 100*20 = 6280 cm3

1 cm3 = 1 ml
1000ml=1 litre

so 6.280 litres.


3.84 litres = 1 gallon

1.635 gallons

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

I think the measurements may be a bit off.

The old (200G) buckets aren't quite a right cylinder but they are close. The diameter is 27 cm with a height of 44 cm. This gives a volume of 25,200 cc or 25.2 l which is about 6.5 US Gal.

The new buckets (I don't have one of them to measure) are 160G (vs. 200G). If we reduce the volume by 160/200, we get an estimated volume of 5.2US G.

I was just making an example...... I don't have a bucket on hand :redface:

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]

An easier way to work out the volume is the put the bucket on a scale empty and then fill it with water. The difference in weight in kg is equal to the volume in liters since for fresh water 1 l = 1 kg.

Its a little more acurate than using geometry.

Thanks for the replies everyone. :biggrin: I forgot all that geometry stuff ages ago..