Conversion Of Metric Measures - Kilos To Litres

[chokkie]

This is a pathetic question really, but I've got a 5 kg bag of jumbo oats, which I would like to transfer to a plastic container. Can someone tell me what size (in litres) air-tight container I should be looking for to store 5kg of food product, please. I did look it up before buying the first container and it told me "5 litres", but it turned out to be much too small! Many thanks, cheers, Chox.

[davebro]

15 litres

[Electrochem]

https://www.nakedlarder.co.uk/containers

[chokkie]

Thanks so much, that's just what I wanted to know ... much appreciated, best wishes, Chox.

[ToraToraTora]

well you are not really converting kilos to litres both of which are metric. What you need to know is what volume of space does a kg of oats occupy for that you need the density but assuming davebro is correct, 1 kg of oats should take the space of 3 litres.

[Ellipsis]

If you wanted to store 5kg of water, you'd need a 5 litre container.

Because you want to store 5 kg of jumbo oats, and jumbo oats is less dense than water, you'd a bigger container. To figure out how much bigger, you'd need to know the relative density of jumbo oats to water.

davebro's answer of 15 litres sounds about right.

If you wanted to store popcorn, you'd need an even bigger container.

[gingejbee]

...depends on the density of the food product of course. Something like oats wiii take a lot more space than the same weight of (say) lentils.
You could fill a litre jug with oats and weigh it (having tared the container) and work it out from there.

[davebro]

All you need do is measure a 1 kg packet of oats, calculate it's volume (3 litres) and times by 5. Simples!

[gingejbee]

^not if you haven't got a kilo packet of oats...

[THECORBYLOON]

Its not a pathetic question since someone thought others would be asking the same question and included a guide on their website.

A litre of water weighs one kilogramme so that is where the five litres comes from.

[barry1010]

That doesn't work, Corby. You try getting 5kg of feathers in to a 5 litre tub.

[davebro]

//not if you haven't got a kilo packet of oats..//

But I have!

[THECORBYLOON]

BARRY, not an issue when you have Brenda The Elephant to lend a leg or four...

[gingejbee]

^but the OP hasn't! (which is why I suggested what I did - since she already has a huge bag of said oats).

[dannyk13]

If it helps to judge what size container, one litre of water weighs 1 kg.

[gingejbee]

^danny...it doesn't help at all when dealing with oats!