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Using BAC calculator
Compare a theoretical peak BAC range from beverage volume, alcohol strength and adult body weight.
This model assumes all alcohol is absorbed and none has been eliminated. It is not your current BAC, a measured result or a confidence interval. Do not use it to decide whether to drive or when you will be sober. The range uses distribution volumes of 0.40–0.80 L/kg. Food, timing and individual physiology are not modeled. For mixed drinks, run each ingredient separately and add its alcohol mass, or use a volume-weighted ABV.
A worked example
1,000 mL at 5% ABV contains 50 mL of ethanol, or 39.45 g. At 80 kg, the two distribution assumptions give 0.062% and 0.123%.
Before you use the result
This model assumes all alcohol is absorbed and none has been eliminated. It is not your current BAC, a measured result or a confidence interval. Do not use it to decide whether to drive or when you will be sober. The range uses distribution volumes of 0.40–0.80 L/kg. Food, timing and individual physiology are not modeled. For mixed drinks, run each ingredient separately and add its alcohol mass, or use a volume-weighted ABV.
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