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Reade Advanced Materials presents:
Weight And Specific Gravity Per Cubic Foot
This is a bit of “Real World” information that could be useful to a game master. It’s a list of various materials, and their weight and specific gravity per cubic foot. One of the most obvious uses would be for the calculation of the weight of cargo, or inversely the cargo space need to transport a given weight of cargo.
Another use would be to calculate just how much that pillar of _____ falling on that Gnome weighs anyhow. Squish. Oh, guess it really didn’t matter...!
| Material | Specific Gravity | lb. per cf- |
| Acetic acid, 90% | 1.06 | 66.3
|
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0.789 | 49.0
|
| Alcohol, methyl | 0.791 | 49.0
|
| Alfalfa, ground | 0.26 | 16.0
|
| Alum, lumpy | 0.88 | 55.0
|
| Alum, pulverized | 0.75 | 47.0
|
| Alumina | 0.96 | 60.0
|
| Aluminum, solid | 2.64 | 165.0
|
| Aluminum, oxide | 1.52 | 95
|
| Ammonia gas | 0.00 | 0.048
|
| Ammonium sulfate | 0.83 | 52
|
| Andesite, solid | 2.77 | 173
|
| Antimony, cast | 6.70 | 418
|
| Apple wood, dry | 0.71 | 44
|
| Apples | 0.64 | 40
|
| Arsenic | 5.67 | 354
|
| Asbestos, shredded | 0.35 | 22
|
| Asbestos, solid | 2.45 | 153
|
| Ash wood, black, dry | 0.54 | 34
|
| Ash wood, white, dry | 0.67 | 42
|
| Ashes | 0.66 | 41
|
| Aspen wood | 0.42 | 26
|
| Asphalt, crushed | 0.72 | 45
|
| Babbitt | 7.28 | 454
|
| Bagasse | 0.12 | 7.5
|
| Bakelite, solid | 1.36 | 85
|
| Baking powder | 0.72 | 45
|
| Barium | 3.78 | 236
|
| Bark, wood refuse | 0.24 | 15
|
| Barley | 0.61 | 38
|
| Barite, crushed | 2.88 | 180
|
| Basalt, broken | 1.96 | 122
|
| Basalt, solid | 3.01 | 188
|
| Bauxite, crushed | 1.28 | 80
|
| Beans, castor | 0.58 | 36
|
| Beans, cocoa | 0.59 | 37
|
| Beans, navy | 0.80 | 50
|
| Beans, soy | 0.72 | 45
|
| Beeswax | 0.96 | 60
|
| Beets | 0.72 | 45
|
| Bentonite | 0.59 | 37
|
| Bicarbonate of soda | 0.69 | 43
|
| Birch wood, yellow | 0.71 | 44
|
| Bismuth | 9.79 | 611
|
| Bones, pulverized | 0.88 | 55
|
| Borax, fine | 0.85 | 53
|
| Bran | 0.26 | 16
|
| Brass, cast | 8.56 | 534
|
| Brass, rolled | 8.56 | 534
|
| Brewers grain | 0.43 | 27
|
| Brick, common red | 1.92 | 120
|
| Brick, fire clay | 2.40 | 150
|
| Brick, silica | 2.05 | 128
|
| Brick, chrome | 2.80 | 175
|
| Brick, magnesia | 2.56 | 160
|
| Bronze | 8.16 | 509
|
| Buckwheat | 0.66 | 41
|
| Butter | 0.87 | 54
|
| Cadmium | 8.65 | 540
|
| Calcium carbide | 1.20 | 75
|
| Caliche | 1.44 | 90
|
| Carbon, solid | 2.15 | 134
|
| Carbon, powdered | 0.08 | 5
|
| Carbon dioxide | 0.00 | 0.1234
|
| Carbon monoxide | 0.00 | 0.0781
|
| Cardboard | 0.69 | 43
|
| Cedar, red | 0.38 | 24
|
| Cement, Portland | 1.60 | 94
|
| Cement, mortar | 2.16 | 135
|
| Cement, slurry | 1.44 | 90
|
| Chalk, solid | 2.50 | 156
|
| Chalk, lumpy | 1.44 | 90
|
| Chalk, fine | 1.12 | 70
|
| Charcoal | 0.21 | 13
|
| Cherry wood, dry | 0.56 | 35
|
| Chestnut wood, dry | 0.48 | 30
|
| Chloroform | 1.52 | 95
|
| Chocolate, powder | 0.64 | 40
|
| Chromic acid, flake | 1.20 | 75
|
| Chromium | 6.86 | 428
|
| Chromium ore | 2.16 | 135
|
| Cinders, furnace | 0.91 | 57
|
| Cinders, Coal, ash | 0.64 | 40
|
| Clay, dry excavated | 1.09 | 68
|
| Clay, wet excavated | 1.83 | 114
|
| Clay, dry lump | 1.07 | 67
|
| Clay, fire | 1.36 | 85
|
| Clay, wet lump | 1.60 | 100
|
| Clay, compacted | 1.75 | 109
|
| Clover seed | 0.77 | 48
|
| Coal, Anthracite, solid | 1.51 | 94
|
| Coal, Anthracite, broken | 1.11 | 69
|
| Coal, Bituminous, solid | 1.35 | 84
|
| Coal, Bituminous, broken | 0.83 | 52
|
| Cobalt | 8.75 | 546
|
| Coconut, meal | 0.51 | 32
|
| Coconut, shredded | 0.35 | 22
|
| Coffee, fresh beans | 0.56 | 35
|
| Coffee, roast beans | 0.43 | 27
|
| Coke | 0.42 | 26
|
| Concrete, Asphalt | 2.24 | 140
|
| Concrete, Gravel | 2.40 | 150
|
| Concrete, Limestone w/Portland | 2.37 | 148
|
| Copper, cast | 8.69 | 542
|
| Copper, rolled | 8.91 | 556
|
| Copper sulfate, ground | 3.60 | 225
|
| Copra, medium size | 0.53 | 33
|
| Copra, meal, ground | 0.64 | 40
|
| Copra, expeller cake ground | 0.51 | 32
|
| Copra, expeller cake chopped | 0.46 | 29
|
| Cork, solid | 0.24 | 15
|
| Cork, ground | 0.16 | 10
|
| Corn, on the cob | 0.72 | 45
|
| Corn, shelled | 0.72 | 45
|
| Corn, grits | 0.67 | 42
|
| Cottonseed, dry, de-linted | 0.56 | 35
|
| Cottonseed, dry, not de-linted | 0.32 | 20
|
| Cottonseed, cake, lumpy | 0.67 | 42
|
| Cottonseed, hulls | 0.19 | 12
|
| Cottonseed, meal | 0.59 | 37
|
| Cottonseed, meats | 0.64 | 40
|
| Cottonwood | 0.42 | 26
|
| Cryolite | 1.60 | 100
|
| Cullet | 1.60 | 100
|
| Culm | 0.75 | 47
|
| Cypress wood | 0.51 | 32
|
| Dolomite, solid | 2.90 | 181
|
| Dolomite, pulverized | 0.74 | 46
|
| Dolomite, lumpy | 1.52 | 95
|
| Earth, loam, dry, excavated | 1.25 | 78
|
| Earth, moist, excavated | 1.44 | 90
|
| Earth, wet, excavated | 1.60 | 100
|
| Earth, dense | 2.00 | 125
|
| Earth, soft loose mud | 1.73 | 108
|
| Earth, packed | 1.52 | 95
|
| Earth, Fullers, raw | 0.67 | 42
|
| Ebony wood | 0.96 | 60
|
| Elm, dry | 0.56 | 35
|
| Emery | 4.01 | 250
|
| Ether | 0.74 | 46
|
| Feldspar, solid | 2.56 | 160
|
| Feldspar, pulverized | 1.23 | 77
|
| Fertilizer, acid phosphate | 0.96 | 60
|
| Fir, Douglas | 0.53 | 33
|
| Fish, scrap | 0.72 | 45
|
| Fish, meal | 0.59 | 37
|
| Flaxseed, whole | 0.72 | 45
|
| Flour, wheat | 0.59 | 37
|
| Fluorspar, solid | 3.21 | 200
|
| Fluorspar, lumps | 1.60 | 100
|
| Fluorspar, pulverized | 1.44 | 90
|
| Garbage | 0.48 | 30
|
| Glass, window | 2.58 | 161
|
| Glue, animal, flaked | 0.56 | 35
|
| Glue, vegetable, powdered | 0.64 | 40
|
| Gluten, meal | 0.63 | 39
|
| Gneiss, bed in place | 2.87 | 179
|
| Gneiss, broken | 1.86 | 116
|
| Gold, pure 24Kt | 19.29 | 1204
|
| Granite, solid | 2.69 | 168
|
| Granite, broken | 1.65 | 103
|
| Graphite, flake | 0.64 | 40
|
| Gravel, loose, dry | 1.52 | 95
|
| Gravel, w/sand, natural | 1.92 | 120
|
| Gravel, dry 1/4 to 2 inch | 1.68 | 105
|
| Gravel, wet 1/4 to 2 inch | 2.00 | 125
|
| Gypsum, solid | 2.79 | 174
|
| Gypsum, broken | 1.81 | 113
|
| Gypsum, crushed | 1.60 | 100
|
| Gypsum, pulverized | 1.12 | 70
|
| Halite (salt), solid | 2.32 | 145
|
| Halite (salt), broken | 1.51 | 94
|
| Hydrochloric acid 40% | 1.20 | 75
|
| Ice, solid | 0.92 | 57.4
|
| Ice, crushed | 0.59 | 37
|
| Ilmenite | 2.31 | 144
|
| Iridium | 22.16 | 1383
|
| Iron, cast | 7.21 | 450
|
| Iron, wrought | 7.77 | 485
|
| Iron oxide pigment | 0.40 | 25
|
| Ivory | 1.84 | 115
|
| Kaolin, green crushed | 1.03 | 64
|
| Kaolin, pulverized | 0.35 | 22
|
| Lead, cast | 11.35 | 708
|
| Lead, rolled | 11.39 | 711
|
| Lead, red | 3.69 | 230
|
| Lead, white pigment | 4.09 | 255
|
| Leather | 0.95 | 59
|
| Lignite, dry | 0.80 | 50
|
| Lignum Vitae, dry | 1.28 | 80
|
| Lime, quick, lump | 0.85 | 53
|
| Lime, quick, fine | 1.20 | 75
|
| Lime, stone, large | 2.69 | 168
|
| Lime, stone, lump | 1.54 | 96
|
| Lime, hydrated | 0.48 | 30
|
| Limonite, solid | 3.80 | 237
|
| Limonite, broken | 2.47 | 154
|
| Limestone, solid | 2.61 | 163
|
| Limestone, broken | 1.55 | 97
|
| Limestone, pulverized | 1.39 | 87
|
| Linseed, whole | 0.75 | 47
|
| Linseed, meal | 0.51 | 32
|
| Locust, dry | 0.71 | 44
|
| Magnesite, solid | 3.01 | 188
|
| Magnesium, solid | 1.75 | 109
|
| Magnesium sulfate, crystal | 1.12 | 70
|
| Magnetite, solid | 5.05 | 315
|
| Magnetite, broken | 3.29 | 205
|
| Mahogany, Spanish, dry | 0.85 | 53
|
| Mahogany, Honduras, dry | 0.54 | 34
|
| Malt | 0.34 | 21
|
| Manganese, solid | 7.61 | 475
|
| Manganese oxide | 1.92 | 120
|
| Manure | 0.40 | 25
|
| Maple, dry | 0.71 | 44
|
| Marble, solid | 2.56 | 160
|
| Marble, broken | 1.57 | 98
|
| Marl, wet, excavated | 2.24 | 140
|
| Mercury @ 32oF | 13.61 | 849
|
| Mica, solid | 2.88 | 180
|
| Mica, broken | 1.60 | 100
|
| Milk, powdered | 0.45 | 28
|
| Molybdenum | 10.19 | 636
|
| Mortar, wet | 2.40 | 150
|
| Mud, packed | 1.91 | 119
|
| Mud, fluid | 1.73 | 108
|
| Nickel, rolled | 8.67 | 541
|
| Nickel silver | 8.45 | 527
|
| Nitric acid, 91% | 1.51 | 94
|
| Nitrogen | 0.00 | 0.0784
|
| Oak, live, dry | 0.95 | 59
|
| Oak, red | 0.71 | 44
|
| Oats | 0.43 | 27
|
| Oats, rolled | 0.30 | 19
|
| Oil cake | 0.79 | 49
|
| Oil, linseed | 0.94 | 58.8
|
| Oil, petroleum | 0.88 | 55
|
| Oxygen | 0.00 | 0.0892
|
| Oyster shells, ground | 0.85 | 53
|
| Paper, standard | 1.20 | 75
|
| Paraffin | 0.72 | 45
|
| Peanuts, shelled | 0.64 | 40
|
| Peanuts, not shelled | 0.27 | 17
|
| Peat, dry | 0.40 | 25
|
| Peat, moist | 0.80 | 50
|
| Peat, wet | 1.12 | 70
|
| Pecan wood | 0.75 | 47
|
| Phosphate rock, broken | 1.76 | 110
|
| Phosphorus | 2.34 | 146
|
| Pine, White, dry | 0.42 | 26
|
| Pine, Yellow Northern, dry | 0.54 | 34
|
| Pine, Yellow Southern, dry | 0.72 | 45
|
| Pitch | 1.15 | 72
|
| Plaster | 0.85 | 53
|
| Platinum | 21.51 | 1342
|
| Porcelain | 2.40 | 150
|
| Porphyry, solid | 2.55 | 159
|
| Porphyry, broken | 1.65 | 103
|
| Potash | 1.28 | 80
|
| Potassium chloride | 2.00 | 125
|
| Potatoes, white | 0.77 | 48
|
| Pumice, stone | 0.64 | 40
|
| Quartz, solid | 2.64 | 165
|
| Quartz, lump | 1.55 | 97
|
| Quartz sand | 1.20 | 75
|
| Redwood, California, dry | 0.45 | 28
|
| Resin, synthetic, crushed | 0.56 | 35
|
| Rice, hulled | 0.75 | 47
|
| Rice, rough | 0.58 | 36
|
| Rice grits | 0.69 | 43
|
| Rip-Rap | 1.60 | 100
|
| Rosin | 1.07 | 67
|
| Rubber, caoutchouc | 0.95 | 59
|
| Rubber, manufactured | 1.52 | 95
|
| Rubber, ground scrap | 0.48 | 30
|
| Rye | 0.71 | 44
|
| Salt cake | 1.44 | 90
|
| Salt, course | 0.80 | 50
|
| Salt, fine | 1.20 | 75
|
| Saltpeter | 1.20 | 75
|
| Sand, wet | 1.92 | 120
|
| Sand, wet, packed | 2.08 | 130
|
| Sand, dry | 1.60 | 100
|
| Sand, loose | 1.44 | 90
|
| Sand, rammed | 1.68 | 105
|
| Sand, water filled | 1.92 | 120
|
| Sand w/ Gravel, dry | 1.73 | 108
|
| Sand w/ Gravel, wet | 2.00 | 125
|
| Sandstone, solid | 2.32 | 145
|
| Sandstone, broken | 1.51 | 94
|
| Sawdust | 0.27 | 17
|
| Sewage, sludge | 0.72 | 45
|
| Shale, solid | 2.68 | 167
|
| Shale, broken | 1.59 | 99
|
| Silver | 10.46 | 653
|
| Slag, solid | 2.12 | 132
|
| Slag, broken | 1.76 | 110
|
| Slag, crushed, 1/4 inch | 1.19 | 74
|
| Slag, furn. granulated | 0.96 | 60
|
| Slate, solid | 2.69 | 168
|
| Slate, broken | 1.67 | 104
|
| Slate, pulverized | 1.36 | 85
|
| Snow, freshly fallen | 0.16 | 10
|
| Snow, compacted | 0.48 | 30
|
| Soap, solid | 0.80 | 50
|
| Soap, chips | 0.16 | 10
|
| Soap, flakes | 0.16 | 10
|
| Soap, powdered | 0.37 | 23
|
| Soda Ash, heavy | 0.96 | 60
|
| Soda Ash, light | 0.43 | 27
|
| Sodium | 0.98 | 61
|
| Sodium Aluminate, ground | 1.15 | 72
|
| Sodium Nitrate, ground | 1.20 | 75
|
| Soybeans, whole | 0.75 | 47
|
| Spruce, California, dry | 0.45 | 28
|
| Starch, powdered | 0.56 | 35
|
| Steel, cast | 7.85 | 490
|
| Steel, rolled | 7.93 | 495
|
| Stone, crushed | 1.60 | 100
|
| Sugar, brown | 0.72 | 45
|
| Sugar, powdered | 0.80 | 50
|
| Sugar, granulated | 0.85 | 53
|
| Sugar, raw cane | 0.96 | 60
|
| Sugarbeet pulp, dry | 0.21 | 13
|
| Sugarbeet pulp, wet | 0.56 | 35
|
| Sugarcane | 0.27 | 17
|
| Sulfur, solid | 2.00 | 125
|
| Sulfur, lump | 1.31 | 82
|
| Sulfur, pulverized | 0.96 | 60
|
| Sulfuric acid, 87% | 1.79 | 112
|
| Sycamore, dry | 0.59 | 37
|
| Taconite | 2.80 | 175
|
| Talc, solid | 2.69 | 168
|
| Talc, broken | 1.75 | 109
|
| Tanbark, ground | 0.88 | 55
|
| Tankage | 0.96 | 60
|
| Tar | 1.15 | 72
|
| Tin, cast | 7.36 | 459
|
| Tobacco | 0.32 | 20
|
| Trap rock, solid | 2.88 | 180
|
| Trap rock, broken | 1.75 | 109
|
| Tungsten | 19.62 | 1224
|
| Turf | 0.40 | 25
|
| Turpentine | 0.87 | 54
|
| Vanadium | 5.50 | 343
|
| Walnut, black, dry | 0.61 | 38
|
| Water, pure | 1.00 | 62.4
|
| Water, sea | 1.03 | 64.08
|
| Wheat | 0.77 | 48
|
| Wheat, cracked | 0.67 | 42
|
| Willow wood | 0.42 | 26
|
| Wool | 1.31 | 82
|
| Zinc, cast | 7.05 | 440
|
| Zinc oxide | 0.40 | 25
|