Assuming all the sides use the same amount of material per sq or you accurately measure that as well. Given its also more complex than a simple cylinder, weighing would be the easiest option. Could even weigh like 10 at once and average if your scale isn't precise enough for weighing one at a time.
The shape of a soup can is the optimal surface area to volume ratio for a cylinder. If the materials were evenly distributed, it's roughly the optimal shape for using as little metal as possible. Deviating quite a bit from that shape is probably going to use more metal unless they decided to make some parts much thinner, something they could presumably do with the other cans as well.
I think the point was that due to a different construction, the walls could be made thinner or something, idk. I can't find it now and it was probably false. Most articles I find talk about how the new cans "feel more luxurious" and thus sell better.
Oh, I heard the very reason for this was that it used like 5% less aluminium
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Assuming all the sides use the same amount of material per sq or you accurately measure that as well. Given its also more complex than a simple cylinder, weighing would be the easiest option. Could even weigh like 10 at once and average if your scale isn't precise enough for weighing one at a time.
The shape of a soup can is the optimal surface area to volume ratio for a cylinder. If the materials were evenly distributed, it's roughly the optimal shape for using as little metal as possible. Deviating quite a bit from that shape is probably going to use more metal unless they decided to make some parts much thinner, something they could presumably do with the other cans as well.
I think the point was that due to a different construction, the walls could be made thinner or something, idk. I can't find it now and it was probably false. Most articles I find talk about how the new cans "feel more luxurious" and thus sell better.