Question

What mass of whole blood (in kg) can be contained in a plastic container whose dimensions are 125 mm by 110 mm by 35 mm? See chart for density of whole blood at 37C.

Answer 1

The mass of whole blood is 0.51 kg.

Given data:

The dimensions of container is 125 mmx 110 mm x 35 mm.

From the chart, the density of whole blood at 37 C is,

`\rho=(1060kg)/(m^3)`

The volume of container can be calculated as,

`\begin{gathered} V=125mm*110mm*35mm \\ V=481250mm^3*(1m^3)/(10^(-9)mm^3) \\ V=4.8125*10^(-4)m^3 \end{gathered}`

The mass of whole blood will be,

`\begin{gathered} \rho=(m)/(V) \\ (1060kg)/(m^3)=(m)/(4.8125*10^(-4)m^3) \\ m=0.51kg \end{gathered}`

Thus, the mass of whole blood is 0.51 kg.