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1. BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCE
BULKING OF SAND – A
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Item Weight (kg/m 3)

Anthracite coal 1550


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Peat (dry) 560 to 640

Charcoal (light) 300

Coke 1000
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Graphite 500

Crude oil 880


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Pitch 1010

Coal tar 1010

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2. EXCAVATED MATERIALS
Item Weight (kg/m 3)
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Clay (dry, compact) 1440
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Clay (damp, compact) 1760

Earth (dry) 1410 to 1840

Earth (moist) 1600 to 2000

Sand (dry) 1540 to 1600

Sand (wet) 1760 to 2000

3. LIQUIDS
Item Weight (kg/m 3)

Alcohol 780

Gasoline 670

Ice 910

Nitric acid 91 percent 1510

Sulphuric acid 87 percent 1790

Vegetable oil 930

Water (fresh) 1000

4. BUILDING MATERIALS
Item Weight (kg/m 3)

Bricks 1600 to 1920

Cement (ordinary) 1440

Chalk 2240

Glass 2400 to 2720

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Limestone 2400 to 2640

Sandstone 2250 to 2400

Steel 7850

timber 650 to 720

5. STRUCTURAL ITEMS, CEILINGS,


FINISHES ETC
Item Weight (kg/m 3)

Asbestos cement sheets 12 to 15.6

Brick masonry 1920

Brick wall, 100 mm thick 192

Brick wall, 200 mm thick 384

Brick wall, 300 mm thick 576

Cement plaster, 25 mm thick 25

Concrete, plain 2300

Concrete, reinforced 2400

Galvanized iron steel, 0.56 mm


5
thick

Galvanized iron steel, 1.63 mm


13
thick

Mangalore tiles with battens 65

Dry rubble masonry 2080

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