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Volume & capacity

Just how much is 100 litres?

Containers

100 L

Scale
100 litres

The quantity is exact as entered.

100 LVolume
150 litre bathful

A bath is a large container for washing or soaking the body in water.

150 LVolume
These are equal-volume cubes. Edge lengths grow with the cube root of capacity; the cubes do not depict container exteriors.

A little perspective

The capacity of a 150 litre bathful is about 1.5 times 100 litres.

Measurements, assumptions & sources +

100 litres

Volume: 100 L; definition.

The quantity is exact as entered. Comparisons use the clearly stated specimen, model or nominal measurement.

NIST — SI conversion factors

150 litre bathful

Volume: 150 L; example.

Defined 150 litre capacity. Actual containers, servings and fills vary. Outer shape is not used to calculate capacity.

Defined examples — our methodology

The marked volume is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.

Measurement details

Why these numbers?

Compare 100 litres with the volume of a 150 litre bathful. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.

100 litres

100 L

Volume · definition

The quantity is exact as entered. Comparisons use the clearly stated specimen, model or nominal measurement.

150 litre bathful

150 L

Volume · example

Defined 150 litre capacity. Actual containers, servings and fills vary. Outer shape is not used to calculate capacity.

Comparing
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Relative size
The capacity of a 150 litre bathful is about 1.5 times 100 litres. The volume of a 150 litre bathful is approximately 50% greater than 100 litres.

How to read the visual

The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.

  • The volume of a 150 litre bathful: This is an illustrative comparison value, not a claim that every example is the same.

Volume measures three-dimensional space; a container’s capacity is not its outside dimensions.

0.1 m³cubic metres
26.417 US galUS gallons
21.997 UK galUK gallons

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