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ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE (VOLUME)


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.)
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|+'List of orders of magnitude for volume'
!Factor ()
!Multiple
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10−105
--
4 m³ is the Planck volume


10−45
--
Volume of a proton (~1.4×10-44 m³)


10−33
--
Volume of a hydrogen atom (6.54 m³)
10-33, 10-32, 10-31

10−21
1 attolitre
Volume of a typical virus (5 attolitres)
10-21, 10-20, 10-19

10−15
1 picolitre
A small grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms, 130 picolitres)
10-15, 10-14, 10-13

10−12
1 nanolitre
A medium grain of sand (0.5 mm diameter, 1.5 milligrams, 62 nanolitres)
10-12, 10-11, 10-10

10−9
1 microlitre
A large grain of sand (2.0 mm diameter, 95 milligrams, 4 microlitres)
10-9, 10-8, 10-7

10−6
1 millilitre
(1 cubic centimetre)
1 teaspoon = 3.55 ml to 5 ml

1 tablespoon = 14.2 ml to 20 ml
1 cm³, 10 cm³, 100 cm³

10−3
1 litre
(1 cubic decimetre)
1 U.S. quart = 0.95 liters;
1 United Kingdom quart = 1.14 litres
1 dm³, 10 dm³, 100 dm³

100
'1000 litres'
Fuel tank for a 12-passenger turboprop airplane.
'1 m³', 10 m³, 100 m³

103
1000 cubic metres
(1 million litres)
A medium-size forest pond.
An Olympic size swimming pool, 25 metres by 50 metres by 2 metres deep, holds at least 2.5 megalitres.
1 dam³, 10 dam³, 100 dam³

106
1 million cubic metres
--
1 hm³, 10 hm³, 100 hm³

109
1 cubic kilometre
Volume of Lake Mead (Hoover Dam) = 35.2 km3

Volume of crude oil on Earth = ~300 km3
1 km³, 10 km³, 100 km³

1012
1000 cubic kilometres
Volume of Lake Superior = 12,232 km3
1012, 1013, 1014

1015
--
--
1015, 1016, 1017

1018
--
Volume of water in all Earth oceans = 1.3 
1018, 1019, 1020

1021
--
Volume of Earth = ~1 
1021, 1022, 1023

1024
--
Volume of Jupiter = ~1 
1024, 1025, 1026

1027
--
Volume of Sun = ~1 
1027, 1028, 1029

1030
--
Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun = ~5 
1030, 1031, 1032

1033
--
Volume of Betelgeuse = ~2.75 
1033, 1034, 1035

1054
--
Volume of small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705 = ~3 
1054, 1055, 1056

1057
--
Volume of dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud = ~3 
1057, 1058, 1059

1060
--
Volume of galaxy like the Milky Way = ~3.3 
1060, 1061, 1062

1066
--
Volume of the Local Group = ~5 
1066, 1067, 1068

1072
--
Volume of the Virgo Supercluster = ~4 
1072, 1073, 1074

1080
--
Approximate volume of the observable universe 3.4  m³
1080


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