Grow substrate container water capacity calculator

Calculate drained retained water and observed container water fraction with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

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Saturated container mass (g)
1500
Drained container mass (g)
1300
Dry container-plus-substrate baseline (g)
800
Substrate volume (mL)
1000
Water density (g/mL)
1
Drained retained water (mL)
500
Observed container water fraction (mL/mL)
0.5
Drainage water (mL)
200

Try another scenario

Saturated container mass (g)
1650.0000000000002
Drained container mass (g)
1300
Dry container-plus-substrate baseline (g)
800
Substrate volume (mL)
1000
Water density (g/mL)
1
Drained retained water (mL)
500
Observed container water fraction (mL/mL)
0.5
Drainage water (mL)
350
Calculation method

Calculation method

Drained retained water (mL)

(Drained−dry baseline)/water density.

Observed container water fraction (mL/mL)

Retained water/substrate volume.

Drainage water (mL)

(Saturated−drained)/water density.

Symbols and units
a
Saturated container mass (g)
b
Drained container mass (g)
c
Dry container-plus-substrate baseline (g)
d
Substrate volume (mL)
e
Water density (g/mL)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Saturated-drained-dry weights, volume. Returns Observed retained water and mass balance. All coefficients and observations are user supplied; results describe only the stated mathematical model. Quantities are deterministic calculations from supplied observations and assumptions; no external data is fetched. Supported limits: Finite inputs only; numeric fields bounded as labelled. Lists and JSON records are limited to 256 entries unless a stricter tool bound is stated. No automatic design approval, legal conclusion, treatment recommendation or safety certification. Saturated container mass (g): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Drained container mass (g): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Dry container-plus-substrate baseline (g): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Substrate volume (mL): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0. Water density (g/mL): minimum 1e-12, maximum 1000000000000.0.
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