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--- mortar [2026/04/16 10:47] – [Formulas] freth
+++ mortar [2026/04/16 10:59] (current) – [Notes] freth
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 * 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
+* Kg is calculated the amount needed in kg for the ingredients.
-* .5 is a half a clay, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar
+* 1 is 1kg per ingredient.
-* .05 is a twentieth of a heap of sand, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar
+* .5 is a half a clay, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar.
-* 1 is 1kg of clay and heap of sand for the recipe
+* .05 is a twentieth of a heap of sand, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar.
 Clay:
 $Number=Mortar*.5$\\
-$Kg=Number$
+$Kg=Number * 1$
 Heap of sand:
 $Number=Mortar*.05$\\
-$Kg=Number$
+$Kg=Number * 1$
 ===== Example =====
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 ===== Notes =====
-* One heap of sand is 18.75 volume in a bulk storage bin, but is 20kg in inventory.  This is why the two don't quite match.  It is the number of heap of sand at 20kg per that is the kg value.
+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.