Do you know? The mass of one ton of water is equivalent to the mass of 1,000 kilograms. This is because the kilogram is the basic unit of measurement of mass in the International System of Units and the ton is 1,000 times that of the kilogram. So, how much volume does a ton of water have? If we use a beverage bottle to fill water, how many beverage bottles do we need?
In fact, the volume of a ton of water depends on the temperature and pressure of the water. At standard atmospheric pressure, the density of water varies with temperature. When the temperature of the water is 4, the density of the water reaches its maximum, which is about 1000 kilograms of cubic meters, that is, the mass of one cubic meter of water is exactly one ton. But when the temperature of the water rises or decreases, the density of the water decreases, and the mass of one cubic meter of water will be less than one ton.
Suppose we use water at room temperature with a temperature of about 20, then the density of water is about 998 kilograms of cubic meters, that is, the volume of a ton of water is about 1002 cubic meters. If we are using 500 ml bottles, then the volume of each bottle is 00005 cubic meters. So, how many drink bottles can a ton of water fill? We only need to divide the volume of one ton of water by the volume of each beverage bottle to get the answer:
In other words, one ton of water can fill 2,004 beverage bottles. If we put these bottles in a row, the length is about 1002 meters, which is equivalent to the length of 10 football fields. If we pile these bottles in a pile, the height is about 334 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a skyscraper. Can you imagine?
Through this example, we can see that the mass and volume of a ton of water are related, and it is related to the temperature and pressure of the water. If we change to other substances, such as metal, wood, oil, etc., their densities will be different, and the volume corresponding to the mass of one ton will also be different. So, if we want to know how many bottles of a certain substance can fill in a ton, we need to know its density and then calculate it in the same way.