Volume of a capsule calculator
Enter the dimensions of a capsule and read off its volume and surface area. Volumes convert to litres and gallons with the unit selector.
Volume
56.548 668m³
- Surface area
- 84.823 002
- Overall length
- 9
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- Radius = 1.5
- Cylindrical length = 6
- Volume = pi * 1.5^2 * 6 + 4/3 * pi * 1.5^3 = 56.5487
- Surface area = 2*pi*1.5*6 + 4*pi*1.5^2 = 84.823
- Overall length = 6 + 2*1.5 = 9
Values are shown to six significant figures here; the arithmetic itself runs on exact fractions and is only rounded where a number is printed.
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The formula
- volume = pi r^2 L + (4/3) pi r^3
- a cylinder with a hemisphere on each end
Horizontal propane and air-receiver tanks are capsules, which is why their volume is not just pi r^2 L.
Switch the volume unit to litres or US gallons to read the capacity directly.
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