Capsule Sizing Information
Print Chart that shows Actual Capsule Sizes
"00" holds about 735 mg. "0" size holds about 500 mg. #1 holds about 400 mg. #2 about 300 mg. #3 about 200 mg.
Detailed Capsule Size Data:
Size | 00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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1. Weight | ||||||
Average weight in mg | 118 | 95 | 75 | 60 | 47 | 38 |
Tolerance in mg | ± 7 | ± 6 | ± 6 | ± 4 | ± 3 | ± 3 |
2. Capacity | ||||||
Volume in ml | 0.91 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.21 |
Powder Density - Capsule capacity mg | ||||||
0.6 g/ml | 546 | 408 | 300 | 222 | 180 | 126 |
0.8 g/ml | 728 | 544 | 400 | 296 | 240 | 168 |
1 g/ml | 910 | 680 | 500 | 370 | 300 | 210 |
1.2 g/ml | 1092 | 816 | 600 | 444 | 360 | 252 |
3. Length of the capsules | ||||||
Body inches | 0.796 | 0.726 | 0.654 | 0.601 | 0.535 | 0.480 |
Tolerance inches | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 |
Body mm | 20.22 | 18.44 | 16.61 | 15.27 | 13.59 | 12.19 |
Tolerance mm | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 |
Cap inches | 0.462 | 0.422 | 0.385 | 0.352 | 0.318 | 0.284 |
Tolerance inches | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 | ± 0.018 |
Cap mm | 11.74 | 10.72 | 9.78 | 8.94 | 8.08 | 7.21 |
Tolerance mm | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 | ± 0.46 |
Size | 00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
4. External diameter | ||||||
Body inches | 0.322 | 0.289 | 0.261 | 0.239 | 0.219 | 0.199 |
Body mm | 8.18 | 7.34 | 6.63 | 6.07 | 5.57 | 5.05 |
Cap inches | 0.336 | 0.300 | 0.272 | 0.250 | 0.229 | 0.209 |
Cap mm | 8.53 | 7.64 | 6.91 | 6.35 | 5.82 | 5.32 |
5. Overall closed length | ||||||
Inches | 0.917 | 0.854 | 0.765 | 0.709 | 0.626 | 0.563 |
Tolerance inches | ± 0.012 | ± 0.012 | ± 0.012 | ± 0.012 | ± 0.012 | ± 0.012 |
Mm | 23.3 | 21.7 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 15.9 | 14.3 |
Tolerance mm | ± 0.30 | ± 0.30 | ± 0.30 | ± 0.30 | ± 0.30 | ± 0.30 |