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| Factor (m³) | Multiple | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10−105 | -- | 4 m³ is the Planck volume | |
| 10−45 | -- | Volume of a proton | |
| 10−33 | -- | Volume of a hydrogen atom (6.54 m³) | 10-33 m³, 10-32 m³, 1031 m³ |
| 10−21 | 1 attolitre | Volume of a typical virus (5 attolitres) | 10-21 m³, 10-20 m³, 1019 m³ |
| 10−15 | 1 picolitre | A small grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms, 130 picolitres) | 10-15 m³, 10-14 m³, 1013 m³ |
| 10−12 | 1 nanolitre | A medium grain of sand (0.5 mm diameter, 1.5 milligrams, 62 nanolitres) | 10-12 m³, 10-11 m³, 1010 m³ |
| 10−9 | 1 microlitre | A large grain of sand (2.0 mm diameter, 95 milligrams, 4 microlitres) | 10-9 m³, 10-8 m³, 10-7 m³ |
| 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 m³, 1013 m³, 1014 m³ |
| 1015 | -- | -- | 1015 m³, 1016 m³, 1017 m³ |
| 1018 | -- | Volume of water in all Earth oceans = 1.3 | 1018 m³, 1019 m³, 1020 m³ |
| 1021 | -- | Volume of Earth = ~1 | 1021 m³, 1022 m³, 1023 m³ |
| 1024 | -- | Volume of Jupiter = ~1 | 1024 m³, 1025 m³, 1026 m³ |
| 1027 | -- | Volume of Sun = ~1 | 1027 m³, 1028 m³, 1029 m³ |
| 1030 | -- | Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun = ~5 | 1030 m³, 1031 m³, 1032 m³ |
| 1033 | -- | Volume of Betelgeuse = ~2.75 | 1033 m³, 1034 m³, 1035 m³ |
| 1054 | -- | Volume of small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705 = ~3 | 1054 m³, 1055 m³, 1056 m³ |
| 1057 | -- | Volume of dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud = ~3 | 1057 m³, 1058 m³, 1059 m³ |
| 1060 | -- | Volume of galaxy like the Milky Way = ~3.3 | 1060 m³, 1061 m³, 1062 m³ |
| 1066 | -- | Volume of the Local Group = ~5 | 1066 m³, 1067 m³, 1068 m³ |
| 1072 | -- | Volume of the Virgo Supercluster = ~4 | 1072 m³, 1073 m³, 1074 m³ |
| 1081 | -- | Approximate volume of the observable universe 1.6 m³ |
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.)
"Orders of magnitude (volume)"