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Specific Gravity of Materials

Material
Specific Gravity - kg/m3
Acetic acid, 90%
1,060
Alcohol, ethyl
789
Alcohol, methyl
791
Alfalfa, ground
260
Alum, lumpy
880
Alum, pulverized
750
Alumina
960
Aluminum, solid
2,640
Aluminum, oxide
1,520
Ammonia gas
0.681
Ammonium sulfate
830
Andesite, solid
2,770
Antimony, cast
6,700
Apple wood, dry
710
Apples
640
Arsenic
5,670
Asbestos, shredded
350
Asbestos, solid
2,450
Ash wood, black, dry
540
Ash wood, white, dry
670
Ashes
660
Aspen wood
420
Asphalt, crushed
720
Babbitt
7,280
Bagasse
120
Bakelite, solid
1,360
Baking powder
720
Barium
3,780
Bark, wood refuse
240
Barley
610
Barite, crushed
2,880
Basalt, broken
1,960
Basalt, solid
3,010
Bauxite, crushed
1,280
Beans, castor
580
Beans, cocoa
590
Beans, navy
800
Beans, soy
720
Beeswax
960
Beets
720
Bentonite
590
Bicarbonate of soda
690
Birch wood, yellow
710
Bismuth
9,790
Bones, pulverized
880
Borax, fine
850
Bran
260
Brass, cast
8,560
Brass, rolled
8,560
Brewers grain
430
Brick, common red
1,920
Brick, fire clay
2,400
Brick, silica
2,050
Brick, chrome
2,800
Brick, magnesia
2,560
Bronze
8,160
Buckwheat
660
Butter
870
Cadmium
8,650
Calcium carbide
1,200
Caliche
1,440
Carbon, solid
2,150
Carbon, powdered
80
Carbon dioxide, gas
1.980
Carbon dioxide, solid
1,600
Carbon monoxide, gas
1.145
Carbon monoxide, liquid
789
Cardboard
690
Cedar, red
380
Cement, Portland
3,150
Cement, mortar
2,160
Cement, slurry
1,440
Chalk, solid
2,500
Chalk, lumpy
1,440
Chalk, fine
1,120
Charcoal
210
Cherry wood, dry
560
Chestnut wood, dry
480
Chloroform
1,520
Chocolate, powder
640
Chromic acid, flake
1,200
Chromium
6,860
Chromium ore
2,160
Cinders, furnace
910
Cinders, Coal, ash
640
Clay, dry excavated
1,090
Clay, wet excavated
1,830
Clay, dry lump
1,070
Clay, fire
1,360
Clay, wet lump
1,600
Clay, compacted
1,750
Clover seed
770
Coal, Anthracite, solid
1,510
Coal, Anthracite, broken
1,110
Coal, Bituminous, solid
1,350
Coal, Bituminous, broken
830
Cobalt
8,750
Coconut, meal
510
Coconut, shredded
350
Coffee, fresh beans
560
Coffee, roast beans
430
Coke
420
Concrete, Asphalt
2,240
Concrete, Gravel
2,400
Concrete, Limestone w/Portland
2,370
Copper, cast
8,690
Copper, rolled
8,910
Copper sulfate, ground
3,600
Copra, medium size
530
Copra, meal, ground
640
Copra, expeller cake ground
510
Copra, expeller cake chopped
460
Cork, solid
240
Cork, ground
160
Corn, on the cob
720
Corn, shelled
720
Corn, grits
670
Cottonseed, dry, de-linted
560
Cottonseed, dry, not de-linted
320
Cottonseed, cake, lumpy
670
Cottonseed, hulls
190
Cottonseed, meal
590
Cottonseed, meats
640
Cottonwood
420
Cryolite
1,600
Cullet
1,600
Culm
750
Cypress wood
510
Dolomite, solid
2,900
Dolomite, pulverized
740
Dolomite, lumpy
1,520
Earth, loam, dry, excavated
1,250
Earth, moist, excavated
1,440
Earth, wet, excavated
1,600
Earth, dense
2,000
Earth, soft loose mud
1,730
Earth, packed
1,520
Earth, Fullers, raw
670
Ebony wood
960
Elm, dry
560
Emery
4,010
Ether
740
Feldspar, solid
2,560
Feldspar, pulverized
1,230
Fertilizer, acid phosphate
960
Fir, Douglas
530
Fish, scrap
720
Fish, meal
590
Flaxseed, whole
720
Flour, wheat
590
Fluorspar, solid
3,210
Fluorspar, lumps
1,600
Fluorspar, pulverized
1,440
Garbage
480
Glass, window
2,580
Glue, animal, flaked
560
Glue, vegetable, powdered
640
Gluten, meal
630
Gneiss, bed in place
2,870
Gneiss, broken
1,860
Gold, pure 24Kt
19,290
Granite, solid
2,690
Granite, broken
1,650
Graphite, flake
640
Gravel, loose, dry
1,520
Gravel, w/sand, natural
1,920
Gravel, dry 1/4 to 2 inch
1,680
Gravel, wet 1/4 to 2 inch
2,000
Gypsum, solid
2,790
Gypsum, broken
1,810
Gypsum, crushed
1,600
Gypsum, pulverized
1,120
Halite (salt), solid
2,320
Halite (salt), broken
1,510
Hydrochloric acid 40%
1,200
Ice, solid
920
Ice, crushed
590
Ilmenite
2,310
Iridium
22,160
Iron, cast
7,210
Iron, wrought
7,770
Iron oxide pigment
400
Ivory
1,840
Kaolin, green crushed
1,030
Kaolin, pulverized
350
Lead, cast
11,350
Lead, rolled
11,390
Lead, red
3,690
Lead, white pigment
4,090
Leather
950
Lignite, dry
800
Lignum Vitae, dry
1,280
Lime, quick, lump
850
Lime, quick, fine
1,200
Lime, stone, large
2,690
Lime, stone, lump
1,540
Lime, hydrated
480
Limonite, solid
3,800
Limonite, broken
2,470
Limestone, solid
2,610
Limestone, broken
1,550
Limestone, pulverized
1,390
Linseed, whole
750
Linseed, meal
510
Locust, dry
710
Magnesite, solid
3,010
Magnesium, solid
1,750
Magnesium sulfate, crystal
1,120
Magnetite, solid
5,050
Magnetite, broken
3,290
Mahogany, Spanish, dry
850
Mahogany, Honduras, dry
540
Malt
340
Manganese, solid
7,610
Manganese oxide
1,920
Manure
400
Maple, dry
710
Marble, solid
2,560
Marble, broken
1,570
Marl, wet, excavated
2,240
Mercury @ 32oF
13,610
Mica, solid
2,880
Mica, broken
1,600
Milk, powdered
450
Molybdenum
10,190
Mortar, wet
2,400
Mud, packed
1,910
Mud, fluid
1,730
Nickel, rolled
8,670
Nickel silver
8,450
Nitric acid, 91%
1,510
Nitrogen, gas
1.251
Oak, live, dry
950
Oak, red
710
Oats
430
Oats, rolled
300
Oil cake
790
Oil, linseed
940
Oil, petroleum
880
Oxygen, gas
1.429
Oyster shells, ground
850
Paper, standard
1,200
Paraffin
720
Peanuts, shelled
640
Peanuts, not shelled
270
Peat, dry
400
Peat, moist
800
Peat, wet
1,120
Pecan wood
750
Phosphate rock, broken
1,760
Phosphorus
2,340
Pine, White, dry
420
Pine, Yellow Northern, dry
540
Pine, Yellow Southern, dry
720
Pitch
1,150
Plaster
850
Platinum
21,510
Porcelain
2,400
Porphyry, solid
2,550
Porphyry, broken
1,650
Potash
1,280
Potassium chloride
2,000
Potatoes, white
770
Pumice, stone
640
Quartz, solid
2,640
Quartz, lump
1,550
Quartz sand
1,200
Redwood, California, dry
450
Resin, synthetic, crushed
560
Rice, hulled
750
Rice, rough
580
Rice grits
690
Rip-Rap
1,600
Rosin
1,070
Rubber, caoutchouc
950
Rubber, manufactured
1,520
Rubber, ground scrap
480
Rye
710
Salt cake
1,440
Salt, course
800
Salt, fine
1,200
Saltpeter
1,200
Sand, wet
1,920
Sand, wet, packed
2,080
Sand, dry
1,600
Sand, loose
1,440
Sand, rammed
1,680
Sand, water filled
1,920
Sand w/ Gravel, dry
1,730
Sand w/ Gravel, wet
2,000
Sandstone, solid
2,320
Sandstone, broken
1,510
Sawdust
270
Sewage, sludge
720
Shale, solid
2,680
Shale, broken
1,590
Silver
10,460
Slag, solid
2,120
Slag, broken
1,760
Slag, crushed, 1/4 inch
1,190
Slag, furn. granulated
960
Slate, solid
2,690
Slate, broken
1,670
Slate, pulverized
1,360
Snow, freshly fallen
160
Snow, compacted
480
Soap, solid
800
Soap, chips
160
Soap, flakes
160
Soap, powdered
370
Soda Ash, heavy
960
Soda Ash, light
430
Sodium
980
Sodium Aluminate, ground
1,150
Sodium Nitrate, ground
1,200
Soybeans, whole
750
Spruce, California, dry
450
Starch, powdered
560
Steel, cast
7,850
Steel, rolled
7,930
Stone, crushed
1,600
Sugar, brown
720
Sugar, powdered
800
Sugar, granulated
850
Sugar, raw cane
960
Sugarbeet pulp, dry
210
Sugarbeet pulp, wet
560
Sugarcane
270
Sulfur, solid
2,000
Sulfur, lump
1,310
Sulfur, pulverized
960
Sulfuric acid, 87%
1,790
Sycamore, dry
590
Taconite
2,800
Talc, solid
2,690
Talc, broken
1,750
Tanbark, ground
880
Tankage
960
Tar
1,150
Tin, cast
7,360
Tobacco
320
Trap rock, solid
2,880
Trap rock, broken
1,750
Tungsten
19,620
Turf
400
Turpentine
870
Vanadium
5,500
Walnut, black, dry
610
Water, pure
1,000
Water, sea
1,030
Wheat
770
Wheat, cracked
670
Willow wood
420
Wool
1,310
Zinc, cast
7,050
Zinc oxide
5,606