Spherical Tank Load Weight

The Load Weight of a Spherical Tank calculator computes the weight of the chosen substance (S: see list below) in a spherical container based on the depth of the substance (D) and the size of the spherical container defined by its radius (R).  Note: in a spherical tank, the radius (R) is half the overall diameter of the tank.

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units and enter the following:

• (R)  Radius of the interior of the spherical tank.
• (D)  Depth of the material in the spherical tank.
• (S)  Choose a substance from the pull-down list.

Mass or Weight of Spherical Tank (M):  The mass of the sphere is returned in kilograms.  However this can be automatically converted to other mass and weight units via the pull-down menu.

Related Calculators:

• Compute the volume of material in a spherical tank
• Look up the density of hundreds of substances including woods, metals, liquids, foods, chemicals, minerals, soils and more
• Total Volume (full) of the spherical tank
• Volume of a Torispherical Head
• Volume of a Torispherical Tank
• Load Volume of a Spherical Tank.

General Information

The spherical tank volume formula uses the size of the tank, defined by its inner radius (R), and the depth of the contained material (D), to calculate the volume of the contained substance.  The Mass is computed as follows:

    Mass  = Volume * mean density of substance

Volume of a Sphere

The formula for the volume of a sphere is:

     `V = 3/4 π r^3`

This calculator let's the user compute the volume of a portion of the tank.

Other Container Calculators

For similar calculations with other shaped containers, click on the following:

• Conic Cylinder
  • Total Volume (Click HERE)
  • Total Load Weight (Click HERE)
• Capsule (Spherocylinder)
  • Total Volume (Click HERE)
  • Total Load Weight (Click HERE)
  • Partial Load Weight
• Box (Rectangular)
  • Total or Partial Volume (Click HERE) - For the partial volume, simply use the depth of substance in the container instead of the total depth of the container.
  • Total or Partial Load Weight (Click HERE) - For the weight of a partial load, simply use the depth of substance in the container instead of the total depth of the container.
• Spherical
  • Total Volume (Click HERE)
  • Total or Partial Load Weight (Click HERE) - For the total load weight, simply indicated the same value for the measure depth (D) of the substance to equal twice the radius (R) of the container.  (See diagram)

The Mean Density of many substances (metals, mineral, chemicals, gases, woods, agricultural products, liquids and types of earths) can be looked up by CLICKING HERE.
Or you can see these formulas and other useful measurements all combined in one TRUCKING calculator.