How to Find Out How Much a Volume of Water Weighs

In short, the volume of a body of water is how much space it occupies; the weight of a body of water is how much force it exerts on what is directly below it -- that is, how heavy it is. In many situations, you may know the volume of a body of water -- for example, how much space it takes up in a fish tank or vase -- but not how much force it is exerting on the object below. If you want to find out the weight of a particular body of water, you can make a conversion with a few mathematical operations.

Instructions

    • 1

      Write down the volume in a standardized set of units. That is, precisely record how much the volume is, with units. Easy units for conversion include cubic inches, cubic feet, liters, gallons and kilograms.

    • 2

      Convert the volume of water into gallons. Multiply the volume by the conversion factor corresponding to your units of measurement. The conversion factors are cubic inches: 0.004; cubic feet: 7.481; liters: 0.264; gallons: 1; and kilograms: 0.264. For example, if you are dealing with a 28-liter volume of water, multiply this value by 0.264 to yield 7.392 gallons.

    • 3

      Convert gallons into pounds by multiplying by 8.345. For the example, multiplying 7.397 gallons by 8.345 yields 61.728 pounds -- the weight of your body of water.

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