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Capsule Sizing Information

"000" holds about 1000 mg., "00" holds about 735 mg., "0" size holds about 500 mg., #1 holds about 400 mg., #3 about 200 mg.
One teaspoon will fill about 7 "0" capsules and about 5 "00" capsules.

The weight depends on the density of the powder you are using. Some powders are much denser than others. It also depends on the fineness of the powder. The only way to be sure is to check the weight of each individual material. On a scale accurate to within one-tenth of a gram or even to one-tenth of an ounce or even to a gram, you can weigh 24 empty capsules and then compare with the weight when full. If you only want a small amount of active ingredient, then you can mix with a material such as milk powder or rice powder as a filler. That way you can use "0" or "00" size capsules with various weights of active ingredients.

Detailed Capsule Size Data:

Size	000	00	0	1	2	3	4
1. Weight
Average weight in mg	163	118	95	75	60	47	38
Tolerance in mg	± 11	± 7	± 6	± 6	± 4	± 3	± 3
2. Capacity
Volume in ml	1.37	0.91	0.68	0.50	0.37	0.30	0.21
Powder Density - Capsule capacity mg
0.6 g/ml	822	546	408	300	222	180	126
0.8 g/ml	1096	728	544	400	296	240	168
1 g/ml	1370	910	680	500	370	300	210
1.2 g/ml	1644	1092	816	600	444	360	252
3. Length of the capsules
Body inches	0.874	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	± 0.018
Body mm	22.2	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	± 0.46
Cap inches	0.51	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	± 0.018
Cap mm	12.95	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	± 0.46
Size	000	00	0	1	2	3	4
4. External diameter
Body inches	0.376	0.322	0.289	0.261	0.239	0.219	0.199
Body mm	9.55	8.18	7.34	6.63	6.07	5.57	5.05
Cap inches	0.39	0.336	0.300	0.272	0.250	0.229	0.209
Cap mm	9.91	8.53	7.64	6.91	6.35	5.82	5.32
5. Overall closed length
Inches	1.093	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	± 0.012
Mm	26.1	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	± 0.30