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--- mortar [2026/04/16 09:42] – freth
+++ mortar [2026/04/16 10:59] (current) – [Notes] freth
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 Using these values we can calculate the number of full clay and full heap of sand required.
-Example:  We need 2000 mortar
+===== Formulas =====
+Prerequisites:
+* Mortar is the amount of mortar we need.
+* Number is the calculated number of ingredients we need.
+* Kg is calculated the amount needed in kg for the ingredients.
+* 1 is 1kg per ingredient.
+* .5 is a half a clay, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar.
+* .05 is a twentieth of a heap of sand, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar.
+Clay:
+$Number=Mortar*.5$\\
+$Kg=Number * 1$
+Heap of sand:
+$Number=Mortar*.05$\\
+$Kg=Number * 1$
+===== Example =====
+We need 2000 mortar
 Clay:
 * Number:  2000 * .5 = **1000 clay (2kg per)** needed
-* Kg:  1000 * 2kg = **2000kg of clay** needed
+* Kg:  2000 * 1kg = **2000kg of clay** needed
 Heap of sand:
 * Number:  2000 * .05 = **100 heap of sand (20kg per)** needed
-* Kg:  100 * 20kg = **2000kg of heap of sand** needed
+* Kg:  2000 * 1kg = **2000kg of heap of sand** needed
+===== Notes =====
+Keep in mind that kg and volume are two different things.  Volume is said to be represented as liters for liquid, but volume for solid objects is not explained.
+A bulk storage bin has a volume column.  What you see in the volume column is not equivalent to kg.  A heap of sand is 20kg but takes up 18.75 volume in a bulk storage bin.  This is why if you have 100 heap of sand the kg is indeed 2000kg but the total volume is 1875.