How many mL are in an ice cube?

[Melinda]

Can anyone help me out? I've tried searching for this, but I can't seem to find a straight answer. Anyone know how many milliliters are in a standard ice cube (made from an old fashioned ice cube tray)?

[Kobe]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1005546AA2U9ZV

[nonlinear]

it depends on how big your cubes are. do you have one that you can measure the witdh, height, and length? volume= w*h*l. then just convert to the units you want.

or, if you have a graduated cylinder, you could use a small diameter stick to push the cube under water (e.g. toothpick), and measure the volume change in the water. that would be more accurate than estimating the volume via w*h*l.

or, melt a cube and mass it, and use density to convert to volume.

hahahah

[wardpr68]

"The perfect ice cube (one assumes there is a bartender consensus) is 55 millimeters, a little over 2 inches, in diameter. It's shape is spherical, ..."

[nonlinear]

i really doubt she has spherical cubes..

[sr20det]

Freeze the ice cube. Melt it. Measure the volume.

[Ashers]

Ahhh... but here's the trick. The volume of the actual liquid water placed in the tray, or the solid volume? Water changes volume greatly, dependent on temperature, as to why water lines burst in winter.

[Zero102]

If you can't accurately measure the volume of an ice cube, measure the weight. For your purposes using 1g/mL as the density of water would be close enough, and if you have a kitchen scale accurate to 0.1g then you are set. Just take an ice cube from the tray and put it directly on the zero'd kitchen scale. This way you don't have to worry about the change in volume due to the expansion or contraction of the water.

[Mar]

If I'm not mistaken, millilitres are measured based on the volume of water per specified space. So if the water's froze, it'll expand and the measurement for that space will be off.
In other words, I'm pretty sure millilitres only refers to liquid at sea level.

[urban.one]

Take one of those Pyrex measuring cups and fill it with water. Pour the water until you fill the tray. Subtract the amount remaining in your measuring cup from the capacity you filled it too. Divide that amount by the number of cubes in your tray and you should get the volume per cube. This should more or less give you a pretty accurate volume of liquid for your particular ice cube tray. (I dont think theres anything such as a standard ice cube tray - I think the ones that have come with every fridge Ive ever had have always been different. )

[Mibz]

The plane WILL take off!

[sputnik]

Why not just take a set of measuring spoons and measure the liquid as you fill one cell?

I can do it if you want... however right now I am researching what it takes to run a hot dog stand in Calgary and all of the implications of moving to California in 2015.

[Kloubek]

This is like asking the volume of an orange. Are we talking Mandarin? Navel?

While there might be recommendations, nobody can provide you the volume of a "standard" ice cube. The ice cube industry is largely unregulated....

[Mibz]

Originally posted by Kloubek
The ice cube industry is largely unregulated....

LOLed and Sigged.

[powerslave]

Originally posted by Mibz
The plane WILL take off!

But it's not moving!!!11

[ExtraSlow]

Originally posted by Kloubek
This is like asking the volume of an orange. Are we talking Mandarin? Navel?

While there might be recommendations, nobody can provide you the volume of a "standard" ice cube. The ice cube industry is largely unregulated....

Originally posted by Mibz
LOLed and Sigged.

Win!

[Mar]

Originally posted by sputnik
Why not just take a set of measuring spoons and measure the liquid as you fill one cell?

I can do it if you want... however right now I am researching what it takes to run a hot dog stand in Calgary and all of the implications of moving to California in 2015.

I didn't know about a hot dog thread, where's that?

[RecoilS14]

this is a very random conversation.

[cycosis]

Step 1: pour water into one compartment of standard ice cube tray.

Step 2: pour water from compartment into a measuring cup.

Step 3: freeze measuring cup.

Step 4: read measurement.

Step 5: why on earth do you want to know this?

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by cycosis
Step 1: pour water into one compartment of standard ice cube tray.

Step 2: pour water from compartment into a measuring cup.

Step 3: freeze measuring cup.

Step 4: read measurement.

Step 5: why on earth do you want to know this?

Step 6: ...profit?