What volume of helium would be in a balloon the size of a soft drink bottle?
It would most likely be a liter
A liter
This question has been posted many many times. I don't know how it makes the rounds so often. Anyway, the volume of helium that will fit in anyting is the volume of the anything. So what volume is the soft drink bottle? Answer that and you have your answer.
Well, if we're talking about a regular soft drink bottle, let's say it's about 2 liters in volume. Now, if we're talking about filling the entire bottle with helium, I'm not sure if you want to attract some extra attention from the authorities! But hey, who am I to judge? Just be careful not to float away.
To calculate the volume of helium that can be fitted into a balloon the size of a soft drink bottle, we need to know the volume of the bottle. Soft drink bottles generally come in various sizes, so let's assume that it has a standard volume of 500 milliliters (ml) or 0.5 liters.
Helium is typically filled into balloons, and the volume of helium required to fill a balloon is directly related to its size. A standard party balloon, when fully inflated, can hold about 14.1 liters of helium.
Now, since the soft drink bottle's volume is 0.5 liters, it can be approximated that this bottle could hold around 0.5/14.1 = 0.035 helium-filled balloons.
Therefore, the volume of helium that would be in a balloon the size of a soft drink bottle would be approximately 0.035 * 14.1 = 0.4935 liters, or roughly 493.5 milliliters.