Fans - Approximate Weights of Material
Material Density Lb. Per Cu. Ft.
Air at 70° - 29.92"HG0.075
Aluminum160
Aluminum chips50
Asbestos150
Asbestos loose65
Ash, Drywood47
Baking powder55
Brass530
Brass chips160
Brick, masonry120
Calcium, carbonate175
Carbide, dry, crushed50
Cellulose95
Cement100
Cereals, bulk barley, corn
oats
rye, wheat
38
28
50
Cherry, dry42
Clay, loose, dry
moist
68
100
Coal100
Coffee50
Coke75
Copper550
Copper ore, crushed190
Copper oxide190
Cork15
Corn meal45
Earth, dry and loose77
Elm, dry35
Ferrous, grind dust125
Flour, loose30
Fullers earth, dry30
Glass, ground90
Granite, loose96
Graphite130
Gravel, loose, piled120
Gypsum, loose70
Hemlock, dry25
Hickory, dry53
Iron, cast450
Lead700
Lead oxide565
Leather55
Lime, quick95
Lucite75
Magnesia210
Magnesium110
Magnesium dust30
Mahogany, dry53
Marble, crushed100
Metal grinding dust125
Maple, dry49
Oak, dry60
Paper50
Peat, dry30
Pine, white, dry25
Pine, Northern34
Poplar, dry29
Porcelain150
Potash60
Redwood, dry30
Salt, coarse45
Sand, dry, loose100
Sawdust10-20
Shavings, planer10-20
Slate170
Spruce, dry29
Sodium carbonate90
Sodium sulphate165
Starch95
Steel487
Sugar85
Sulphur125
Sulphur, crushed50
Talc170
Tobacco16
Water62.5
Zinc440
Zinc oxide335

Wet material usually weights from 1/5 to 1/2 more than dry.
Sawdust and shavings usually weight from 1/3 to 1/2 of above solid weights.

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