OT; Grey moment

I'm trying to work out the volume of my freezer. It measures 37cm x

38cm x 72cm.

Whats that in litres?

I keep trying to work it out & get silly figures.

Reply to
David Lang
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101.232 I get TW
Reply to
TimW

1 Litre is 1000 cubic centimetres.

You have 37 x 38 x 72 = 101232 cubic centimetres

i.e. 101.2 litres

Reply to
Adrian Caspersz

A litre is a cubic decimetre, so 3.7x3.8x7.2.

NT

Reply to
tabbypurr

Nope = A litre of water has a mass almost exactly equal to one kilogram. An early definition of the kilogram was set as the mass of one litre of wat er. Because volume changes with temperature and pressure, and pressure uses units of mass, the definition of a kilogram was changed. At standard press ure, one litre of water has a mass of 0.999975 kg at 4 °C, and 0.997 k g at 25 °C.[7]

Reply to
Simon Mason

Eh?

You have introduced (a) water and (b) mass quite unnecessarily. The litre was, as you say, formerly defined in terms of a mass of water. But that ended in the 1960s. And is totally irrelevant to the fact that

1 litre is 1,000 cc.

And while cc is a unit from the CGS system it is still widely used in practice and accepted within the SI world.

Reply to
Robin

1000 l = 1m3

So 0.37 x 0.38 x 0.72 / 1000

:)

Reply to
Tim Watts

Very sensible these metric measurements

Reply to
Stuart Noble

So 0.37 x 0.38 x 0.72 x 1000

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

but gettting the decimal point in the wrong place can be a disaster

Reply to
charles

That's a million times better [sorry Tim].

Reply to
Andy Burns

Simon Mason's reply reveals an interesting character flaw. His craven desire to display display esoteric knowledge meant that in his haste to post, he completely overlooked the question that needed to be dealt with.

Terry.

Reply to
terry.shitcrumbs

D'Oh :)

Reply to
Tim Watts

In my defence it is early in the morning.

Anytime before 11am is early!

Reply to
Tim Watts

That's what I got, but it's the equivalent to 4 x 25 litre drums - which clearly wouldn't fit, hence I thought it was wrong.

I'm looking for a fridge freezer with a bigger freezer & smaller fridge, so trying to visualise the capacity figures which are given in litres.

I guess I'll have to measure each drawer.

Reply to
David Lang

101.232 (= 37 x 38 x 72 / 1000)
Reply to
Tim Streater

It's 4 x 25 litre drums of bubblewrap, which you can squish into the cavity once you've removed all the drawers, shelves and refrigerated pipework and popped all the bubbles ... oh hold on ...

AO do give total capacity in 'bags of shopping' but trying to find anything with more freezer than a 50/50 split is probably impossible. I want one too.

Owain

Reply to
spuorgelgoog

. An early definition of the kilogram was set as the mass of one litre of w ater. Because volume changes with temperature and pressure, and pressure us es units of mass, the definition of a kilogram was changed. At standard pre ssure, one litre of water has a mass of 0.999975 kg at 4 °C, and 0.997 kg at 25 °C.[7]

and a litre is 1000cc.

NT

Reply to
tabbypurr

Oh I like it! A 'bag of shopping' becomes the standard unit of volume for the housewife! A bit like 'a banana' becomes the standard unit of a dose of radioactivity.

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Lots more bizarre units of measurement on these links. I like the FFF system (furlong/firkin/fortnight)

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Reply to
Chris Hogg

Think in terms of 20 x 5 litre cans of oil or containers of milk

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

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