Specific Gravity & Weight Per Cubic Foot:

Material

Specific
Gravity

lb. per cf-

Acetic acid, 90%

Alcohol, ethyl
Alcohol, methyl
Alfalfa, ground
Alum, lumpy
Alum, pulverized
Alumina
Aluminum, solid
Aluminum, oxide
Ammonia gas
Ammonium sulfate
Andesite, solid
Antimony, cast
Apple wood, dry
Apples
Arsenic
Asbestos, shredded
Asbestos, solid
Ash wood, black, dry
Ash wood, white, dry
Ashes
Aspen wood
Asphalt, crushed

1.06
0.789
0.791
0.26
0.88
0.75
0.96
2.64
1.52
0.00
0.83
2.77
6.70
0.71
0.64
5.67
0.35
2.45
0.54
0.67
0.66
0.42
0.72

66.3
49.0
49.0
16.0
55.0
47.0
60.0
165.0
95
0.048
52
173
418
44
40
354
22
153
34
42
41
26
45

Babbitt
Bagasse
Bakelite, solid
Baking powder
Barium
Bark, wood refuse
Barley
Barite, crushed
Basalt, broken
Basalt, solid

7.28
0.12
1.36
0.72
3.78
0.24
0.61
2.88
1.96
3.01

454
7.5
85
45
236
15
38
180
122
188

Bauxite, crushed
Beans, castor
Beans, cocoa
Beans, navy
Beans, soy
Beeswax
Beets
Bentonite
Bicarbonate of soda
Birch wood, yellow
Bismuth
Bones, pulverized
Borax, fine
Bran
Brass, cast
Brass, rolled
Brewers grain
Brick, common red
Brick, fire clay
Brick, silica
Brick, chrome
Brick, magnesia
Bronze
Buckwheat
Butter

1.28
0.58
0.59
0.80
0.72
0.96
0.72
0.59
0.69
0.71
9.79
0.88
0.85
0.26
8.56
8.56
0.43
1.92
2.40
2.05
2.80
2.56
8.16
0.66
0.87

80
36
37
50
45
60
45
37
43
44
611
55
53
16
534
534
27
120
150
128
175
160
509
41
54

Cadmium
Calcium carbide
Caliche
Carbon, solid
Carbon, powdered
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Cardboard
Cedar, red
Cement, Portland
Cement, mortar
Cement, slurry
Chalk, solid

8.65
1.20
1.44
2.15
0.08
0.00
0.00
0.69
0.38
3.15
2.16
1.44
2.50

540
75
90
134
5
0.1234
0.0781
43
24
94
135
90
156

Chalk, lumpy
Chalk, fine
Charcoal
Cherry wood, dry
Chestnut wood, dry
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
Cobalt
Coconut, meal
Coconut, shredded
Coffee, fresh beans
Coffee, roast beans
Coke
Concrete, Asphalt
Concrete, Gravel
Concrete, Limestone w/Portland
Copper, cast
Copper, rolled
Copper sulfate, ground
Copra, medium size
Copra, meal, ground
Copra, expeller cake ground

1.44
1.12
0.21
0.56
0.48
1.52
0.64
1.20
6.86
2.16
0.91
0.64
1.09
1.83
1.07
1.36
1.60
1.75
0.77
1.51
1.11
1.35
0.83
8.75
0.51
0.35
0.56
0.43
0.42
2.24
2.40
2.37
8.69
8.91
3.60
0.53
0.64
0.51

90
70
13
35
30
95
40
75
428
135
57
40
68
114
67
85
100
109
48
94
69
84
52
546
32
22
35
27
26
140
150
148
542
556
225
33
40
32

Copra, expeller cake chopped

Cork, solid
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
Cypress wood

0.46
0.24
0.16
0.72
0.72
0.67
0.56
0.32
0.67
0.19
0.59
0.64
0.42
1.60
1.60
0.75
0.51

29
15
10
45
45
42
35
20
42
12
37
40
26
100
100
47
32

Dolomite, solid
Dolomite, pulverized
Dolomite, lumpy

2.90
0.74
1.52

181
46
95

Earth, loam, dry, excavated

Earth, moist, excavated
Earth, wet, excavated
Earth, dense
Earth, soft loose mud
Earth, packed
Earth, Fullers, raw
Ebony wood
Elm, dry
Emery
Ether

1.25
1.44
1.60
2.00
1.73
1.52
0.67
0.96
0.56
4.01
0.74

78
90
100
125
108
95
42
60
35
250
46

Feldspar, solid
Feldspar, pulverized
Fertilizer, acid phosphate
Fir, Douglas
Fish, scrap
Fish, meal
Flaxseed, whole

2.56
1.23
0.96
0.53
0.72
0.59
0.72

160
77
60
33
45
37
45

Flour, wheat
Fluorspar, solid
Fluorspar, lumps
Fluorspar, pulverized

0.59
3.21
1.60
1.44

37
200
100
90

Garbage
Glass, window
Glue, animal, flaked
Glue, vegetable, powdered
Gluten, meal
Gneiss, bed in place
Gneiss, broken
Gold, pure 24Kt
Granite, solid
Granite, broken
Graphite, flake
Gravel, loose, dry
Gravel, w/sand, natural
Gravel, dry 1/4 to 2 inch
Gravel, wet 1/4 to 2 inch
Gypsum, solid
Gypsum, broken
Gypsum, crushed
Gypsum, pulverized

0.48
2.58
0.56
0.64
0.63
2.87
1.86
19.29
2.69
1.65
0.64
1.52
1.92
1.68
2.00
2.79
1.81
1.60
1.12

30
161
35
40
39
179
116
1204
168
103
40
95
120
105
125
174
113
100
70

Halite (salt), solid

Halite (salt), broken
Hydrochloric acid 40%

2.32
1.51
1.20

145
94
75

Ice, solid
Ice, crushed
Ilmenite
Iridium
Iron, cast
Iron, wrought
Iron oxide pigment
Ivory

0.92
0.59
2.31
22.16
7.21
7.77
0.40
1.84

57.4
37
144
1383
450
485
25
115

Kaolin, green crushed

Kaolin, pulverized

1.03
0.35

64
22

Lead, cast
Lead, rolled

11.35
11.39

708
711

Lead, red
Lead, white pigment
Leather
Lignite, dry
Lignum Vitae, dry
Lime, quick, lump
Lime, quick, fine
Lime, stone, large
Lime, stone, lump
Lime, hydrated
Limonite, solid
Limonite, broken
Limestone, solid
Limestone, broken
Limestone, pulverized
Linseed, whole
Linseed, meal
Locust, dry

3.69
4.09
0.95
0.80
1.28
0.85
1.20
2.69
1.54
0.48
3.80
2.47
2.61
1.55
1.39
0.75
0.51
0.71

230
255
59
50
80
53
75
168
96
30
237
154
163
97
87
47
32
44

Magnesite, solid
Magnesium, solid
Magnesium sulfate, crystal
Magnetite, solid
Magnetite, broken
Mahogany, Spanish, dry
Mahogany, Honduras, dry
Malt
Manganese, solid
Manganese oxide
Manure
Maple, dry
Marble, solid
Marble, broken
Marl, wet, excavated
Mercury @ 32oF
Mica, solid
Mica, broken
Milk, powdered
Molybdenum

3.01
1.75
1.12
5.05
3.29
0.85
0.54
0.34
7.61
1.92
0.40
0.71
2.56
1.57
2.24
13.61
2.88
1.60
0.45
10.19

188
109
70
315
205
53
34
21
475
120
25
44
160
98
140
849
180
100
28
636

Mortar, wet
Mud, packed
Mud, fluid

2.40
1.91
1.73

150
119
108

Nickel, rolled
Nickel silver
Nitric acid, 91%
Nitrogen

8.67
8.45
1.51
0.00

541
527
94
0.0784

Oak, live, dry

Oak, red
Oats
Oats, rolled
Oil cake
Oil, linseed
Oil, petroleum
Oxygen
Oyster shells, ground

0.95
0.71
0.43
0.30
0.79
0.94
0.88
0.00
0.85

59
44
27
19
49
58.8
55
0.0892
53

Paper, standard
Paraffin
Peanuts, shelled
Peanuts, not shelled
Peat, dry
Peat, moist
Peat, wet
Pecan wood
Phosphate rock, broken
Phosphorus
Pine, White, dry
Pine, Yellow Northern, dry
Pine, Yellow Southern, dry
Pitch
Plaster
Platinum
Porcelain
Porphyry, solid
Porphyry, broken
Potash
Potassium chloride
Potatoes, white

1.20
0.72
0.64
0.27
0.40
0.80
1.12
0.75
1.76
2.34
0.42
0.54
0.72
1.15
0.85
21.51
2.40
2.55
1.65
1.28
2.00
0.77

75
45
40
17
25
50
70
47
110
146
26
34
45
72
53
1342
150
159
103
80
125
48

Pumice, stone

0.64

40

Quartz, solid
Quartz, lump
Quartz sand

2.64
1.55
1.20

165
97
75

Redwood, California, dry

Resin, synthetic, crushed
Rice, hulled
Rice, rough
Rice grits
Rip-Rap
Rosin
Rubber, caoutchouc
Rubber, manufactured
Rubber, ground scrap
Rye

0.45
0.56
0.75
0.58
0.69
1.60
1.07
0.95
1.52
0.48
0.71

28
35
47
36
43
100
67
59
95
30
44

Salt cake
Salt, course
Salt, fine
Saltpeter
Sand, wet
Sand, wet, packed
Sand, dry
Sand, loose
Sand, rammed
Sand, water filled
Sand w/ Gravel, dry
Sand w/ Gravel, wet
Sandstone, solid
Sandstone, broken
Sawdust
Sewage, sludge
Shale, solid
Shale, broken
Silver
Slag, solid
Slag, broken
Slag, crushed, 1/4 inch
Slag, furn. granulated

1.44
0.80
1.20
1.20
1.92
2.08
1.60
1.44
1.68
1.92
1.73
2.00
2.32
1.51
0.27
0.72
2.68
1.59
10.46
2.12
1.76
1.19
0.96

90
50
75
75
120
130
100
90
105
120
108
125
145
94
17
45
167
99
653
132
110
74
60

Slate, solid
Slate, broken
Slate, pulverized
Snow, freshly fallen
Snow, compacted
Soap, solid
Soap, chips
Soap, flakes
Soap, powdered
Soda Ash, heavy
Soda Ash, light
Sodium
Sodium Aluminate, ground
Sodium Nitrate, ground
Soybeans, whole
Spruce, California, dry
Starch, powdered
Steel, cast
Steel, rolled
Stone, crushed
Sugar, brown
Sugar, powdered
Sugar, granulated
Sugar, raw cane
Sugarbeet pulp, dry
Sugarbeet pulp, wet
Sugarcane
Sulfur, solid
Sulfur, lump
Sulfur, pulverized
Sulfuric acid, 87%
Sycamore, dry

2.69
1.67
1.36
0.16
0.48
0.80
0.16
0.16
0.37
0.96
0.43
0.98
1.15
1.20
0.75
0.45
0.56
7.85
7.93
1.60
0.72
0.80
0.85
0.96
0.21
0.56
0.27
2.00
1.31
0.96
1.79
0.59

168
104
85
10
30
50
10
10
23
60
27
61
72
75
47
28
35
490
495
100
45
50
53
60
13
35
17
125
82
60
112
37

Taconite
Talc, solid
Talc, broken
Tanbark, ground
Tankage
Tar

2.80
2.69
1.75
0.88
0.96
1.15

175
168
109
55
60
72

Tin, cast
Tobacco
Trap rock, solid
Trap rock, broken
Tungsten
Turf
Turpentine

7.36
0.32
2.88
1.75
19.62
0.40
0.87

459
20
180
109
1224
25
54

Vanadium

5.50

343

Walnut, black, dry

Water, pure
Water, sea
Wheat
Wheat, cracked
Willow wood
Wool

0.61
1.00
1.03
0.77
0.67
0.42
1.31

38
62.4
64.08
48
42
26
82

Zinc, cast
Zinc oxide

7.05
0.40

440
25