Mass, Weight, Density or Specific Gravity of Bulk Materials

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density of materials

Bulk Materials.

Unit Conversion Tool - download here for your server, PC or laptop? The mass of over 300 different 'dry' materials are listed below. Liquids, metals and woods are on other pages and a site search facility is on the home page. While the data is useful for the design and selection of bulk materials handling plant, bulk transport and packaging, individual samples will differ. Moisture content will have a marked influence. As 1000kg of pure water = 1 cubic metre, those materials under 1000kg/cu.m will float; more dense will sink ie. those materials with a specific gravity more than 1. Pure water was chosen as the 'base line' for specific gravity and given the value of 1. The specific gravity of all other materials are compared to water as a fraction heavier or lighter density. For example, ammonium nitrate has a specific gravity (sg) of 0.73 while dry ammonium sulphate has a sg of 1.13 (1130 kilograms/cubic metre) (see table below) As specific gravity is just a comparison, it can be applied across any units. The density of pure water is also 62.4 lbs/cu.ft (pounds per cubic foot) and if we know that ammonium nitrate has a sg of 0.73 then we can calculate that its density is 0.73 x 62.4 = 45.552 lbs/cu.ft. Note, kg/cu.m divided by 16.02 = lbs/cu.ft [ back to conversion home page ] [ density of liquids ] [ density of water ] [ density of metals ] [ density of woods ]

Material - powder, ore, solids, etc.

Alfalfa, ground Alum, lumpy Alum, pulverized Alumina Aluminum, oxide Ammonia gas Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium Sulphate - dry Ammonium Sulphate - wet Andesite, solid Antimony, cast Apples Arsenic Asbestos - shredded Asbestos rock Ashes - wet Ashes - dry Asphalt, crushed Babbitt Bagasse Bakelite, solid Baking powder Barium Bark, wood refuse Barley Barite, crushed Basalt, broken Basalt, solid Bauxite, crushed Beans, castor Beans, cocoa Beans, navy Beans, soy Beeswax Beets Bentonite Bicarbonate of soda

kg/cu.m.
256 881 753 961 1522 0.77 730 1130 1290 2771 6696 641 5671 320- 400 1600 730- 890 570- 650 721 7272 120 1362 721 3780 240 609 2883 1954 3011 1281 577 593 801 721 961 721 593 689

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Bismuth Bones, pulverized Borax, fine Bran Brewers grain Brick, common red Brick, fire clay Brick, silica Brick, chrome Brick, magnesia Buckwheat Butter Cadmium Calcium carbide Caliche Carbon, solid Carbon, powdered Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide Cardboard Cement - clinker Cement, Portland Cement, mortar Cement, slurry Chalk, solid Chalk, lumpy Chalk, fine Charcoal Chloroform Chocolate, powder Chromic acid, flake Chromium Chromium ore Cinders, furnace Cinders, Coal, ash Clay, dry excavated Clay, wet excavated Clay, dry lump Clay, fire Clay, wet lump Clay, compacted Clover seed Coal, Anthracite, solid Coal, Anthracite, broken Coal, Bituminous, solid Coal, Bituminous, broken Cobaltite ( cobolt ore ) Coconut, meal Coconut, shredded Coffee, fresh beans Coffee, roast beans Coke Concrete, Asphalt Concrete, Gravel Concrete, Limestone with Portland Copper ore Copper sulfate, ground Copra, medium size Copra, meal, ground Copra, expeller cake ground Copra, expeller cake chopped Cork, solid

9787 881 849 256 432 1922 2403 2050 2803 2563 657 865 8650 1201 1442 2146 80 1.98 1.25 689 1290-1540 1506 2162 1442 2499 1442 1121 208 1522 641 1201 6856 2162 913 641 1089 1826 1073 1362 1602 1746 769 1506 1105 1346 833 6295 513 352 561 432 570- 650 2243 2403 2371 1940-2590 3604 529 641 513 465 240

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Cork, ground Corn, on the cob Corn, shelled Corn, grits Cottonseed, dry, de-linted Cottonseed, dry, not de-linted Cottonseed, cake, lumpy Cottonseed, hulls Cottonseed, meal Cottonseed, meats Cottonwood Cryolite Cullet Culm Dolomite, solid Dolomite, pulverized Dolomite, lumpy Earth, loam, dry, excavated Earth, moist, excavated Earth, wet, excavated Earth, dense Earth, soft loose mud Earth, packed Earth, Fullers, raw Emery Ether Feldspar, solid Feldspar, pulverized Fertilizer, acid phosphate Fish, scrap Fish, meal Flaxseed, whole Flint - silica Flour, wheat Flue dust Fluorspar, solid Fluorspar, lumps Fluorspar, pulverized Fullers Earth - raw or burnt Galena ( lead ore ) Garbage, household rubbish Glass - broken or cullet Glass, window Glue, animal, flaked Glue, vegetable, powdered Gluten, meal Gneiss, bed in place Gneiss, broken Granite, solid Granite, broken Graphite, flake Grain - Maize Grain - Barley Grain - Millet Grain - Wheat Gravel, loose, dry Gravel, with sand, natural Gravel, dry 1/4 to 2 inch Gravel, wet 1/4 to 2 inch Gummite ( uranium ore ) Gypsum, solid Gypsum, broken

160 721 721 673 561 320 673 192 593 641 416 1602 1602 753 2899 737 1522 1249 1442 1602 2002 1730 1522 673 4005 737 2563 1233 961 721 593 721 1390 593 1450-2020 3204 1602 1442 570- 730 7400 - 7600 481 1290-1940 2579 561 641 625 2867 1858 2691 1650 641 760 600 760- 800 780- 800 1522 1922 1682 2002 3890 - 6400 2787 1290-1600

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Gypsum, crushed Gypsum, pulverized Halite (salt), solid Halite (salt), broken Hematite ( iron ore ) Hemimorphite ( zinc ore ) Hydrochloric acid 40% Ice, solid Ice, crushed Ilmenite Iridium Iron ore - crushed - see metals table Iron oxide pigment Iron Pyrites Iron sulphate - pickling tank - dry Iron sulphate - pickling tank - wet Ivory Kaolin, green crushed Kaolin, pulverized Lead, rolled - see metals table Lead, red Lead, white pigment Leather Lignite, dry Lime, quick, lump Lime, quick, fine Lime, stone, large Lime, stone, lump Lime, hydrated Lime, wet or mortar Limonite, solid Limonite, broken Limestone, solid Limestone, broken Limestone, pulverized Linseed, whole Linseed, meal Locust, dry Magnesite, solid Magnesium oxide Magnesium sulphate, crystal Magnetite, solid ( iron ore ) Magnetite, broken Malachite ( copper ore ) Malt Manganese, solid Manganese oxide Manure Marble, solid Marble, broken Marl, wet, excavated Mica, solid Mica, broken Mica - flake Mica - powder Milk, powdered Molybdenum ore Mortar, wet Mud, packed Mud, fluid Nickel ore Nickel, rolled

1602 1121 2323 1506 5095 - 5205 3395 - 3490 1201 919 593 2307 22154 2100-2900 400 2400 1200 1290 1842 1025 352 11389 3684 4085 945 801 849 1201 2691 1538 481 1540 3796 2467 2611 1554 1394 753 513 705 3011 1940 1121 5046 3284 3750 - 3960 336 7609 1922 400 2563 1570 2243 2883 1602 520 986 449 1600 2403 1906 1730 1600 8666

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Nickel silver Nitric acid, 91% Nitrogen Oak, red Oats Oats, rolled Oil cake Oil, linseed Oil, petroleum Oxygen Oyster shells, ground Paper, standard Peanuts, shelled Peanuts, not shelled Peat, dry Peat, moist Peat, wet Pecan wood Phosphate rock, broken Phosphorus Pitch Plaster Platinum ore Porcelain Porphyry, solid Porphyry, broken Potash Potassium chloride Potatoes, white Pumice, stone Pyrite (fool's gold) Quartz, solid Quartz, lump Quartz sand Resin, synthetic, crushed Rice, hulled Rice, rough Rice grits Rip-Rap Rock - soft - excavated with shovel Rosin Rubber, caoutchouc Rubber, manufactured Rubber, ground scrap Rye Salt cake Salt, course Salt, fine Saltpeter Sand, wet Sand, wet, packed Sand, dry Sand, loose Sand, rammed Sand, water filled Sand with Gravel, dry Sand with Gravel, wet Sandstone, solid Sandstone, broken Sawdust Sewage, sludge Shale, solid

8442 1506 1.26 705 432 304 785 942 881 1.43 849 1201 641 272 400 801 1121 753 1762 2339 1153 849 2600 2403 2547 1650 1281 2002 769 641 2400 - 5015 2643 1554 1201 561 753 577 689 1602 1600-1780 1073 945 1522 481 705 1442 801 1201 1201 1922 2082 1602 1442 1682 1922 1650 2020 2323 1370-1450 210 721 2675

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Shale, broken Shells - oyster Sinter Slag, solid Slag, broken Slag, crushed, 1/4 inch Slag, furn. granulated Slate, solid Slate, broken Slate, pulverized Smithsonite ( zinc ore ) Snow, freshly fallen Snow, compacted Soap, solid Soap, chips Soap, flakes Soap, powdered Soapstone talc Soda Ash, heavy Soda Ash, light Sodium Sodium Aluminate, ground Sodium Nitrate, ground Soy beans, whole Starch, powdered Stone, crushed Stone (common, generic) Sugar, brown Sugar, powdered Sugar, granulated Sugar, raw cane Sugarbeet pulp, dry Sugarbeet pulp, wet Sugarcane Sulphur, solid Sulphur, lump Sulphur, pulverized Taconite Talc, solid Talc, broken Tanbark, ground Tankage Tar Tobacco Trap rock, solid Trap rock, broken Turf Turpentine Walnut, black, dry Water, pure Water, sea (see liquids table) Wheat Wheat, cracked Wood chips - dry - see wood table Wool Zinc oxide goto top

1586 800 1600-2180 2114 1762 1185 961 2691 1290-1450 1362 4300 160 481 801 160 160 368 2400 1080 432 977 1153 1201 753 561 1602 2515 721 801 849 961 208 561 272 2002 1314 961 2803 2691 1746 881 961 1153 320 2883 1746 400 865 609 1000 1026 769 673 240- 520 1314 400

We have tried to be accurate with the above table but cannot be held responsible for in-accuracies. Go back to first principals and double check your calculations if the result is 'mission critical'. Remember that you cannot create energy only convert it. Likewise, you will not find a conversion from pounds

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to metres - the basic units must remain the same - mass converted to mass, length converted to length, et al. You won't usually find a conversion from kilograms to grams - the prefix 'kilo' means '1,000' so a kilogram is in fact 1,000 grams in the same way as a kilometer is 1,000 metres [or about 1,000 yards in 'old money']. I have put a few in the tables because visitors have asked for them. More prefixes can be found on another table. One handy metric link between units to remember is that 1 Litre [1000cc] of pure water weighs 1 kilogram. If accuracy is critical beware of old versions of MS Excel which had problems rounding off numbers. More information on the SI System (Le Systme International d'Units) base units and definitions. Click here for Scientific, Technical & Medical Books
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