Density

(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

ABS resin, pellet 45 -

Acetic acid, liquid 66 -

Acetone 49 -

Acrylic resin 33 -

Adipic acid, powder 45 -

Air - atmospheric pressure 0.0749

Alcohol, methyl 49 -

Alfalfa, ground 16 -

Almonds, shelled 30 35

Alum powder 50 -

Alumina 60 -

Aluminum hydrate 18 -

Aluminum oxide 60 100

Aluminum silicate 35 45
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Aluminum, powder 45 80

Aluminum, shavings 7 15

Ammonium nitrate, prill 45 60

Ammonium sulphate 40 58

Apple seed 32 -

Asbestos fibers 20 25

Ash, coal, damp 45 50

Ash, coal, dry 35 45

Asphalt, liquid 65 -

Aviation fuel (jp-4) 49 -

Bakalite, powder 30 40

Baking powder 40 45

Baking soda 70 80

Ball clay 25 -

Bagasse - exiting the final mill 7.5 -

 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Bagasse - stacked to 2 metre height (moisture = 44%) 11 -

Bark, wood refuse 10 20

Barley, flour 25 30

Barley, ground 25 30

Barley, kernal 35 40

Barley, malted 31 -

Bauxite, crushed 75 85

Beans, caster 36 -

Beans, coffee 22 40

Beans, lima 45 -

Beans, navy 48 -

Beans, soy 45 47

Bentonite, lump 25 40

Bentonite, powder 50 60

Bicarbonate of soda 41 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Blood, dry 35 45

Bone meal 55 60

Borate of lime 50 70

Borax 50 70

Boric acid powder 55 -

Bran, oat 25 -

Bran, wheat 15 20

Brewers grain 27 -

Brewers grits 33 -

Bronze chips 30 50

Buckwheat 34 42

Buckwheat flour 40 -

Butter 54 -

Buttermilk powder 25 30

Cake mix 30 40
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Calcium carbide 75 -

Calcium carbonate 75 -

Calcium oxide 27 -

Cane - whole stick, tangled and tamped down as in a

12.5 -
cane transport vehicle

Cane - whole stick, neatly bundled 25 -

Cane - billetted 22 -

Cane - whole stick tangled, but loosely tipped into cane

10 -
carrier

Cane - knifed 18 -

Cane - shredded 20 -

Carbide powder 100 -

Carbon black powder 4 25

Carbon black, pellet 20 45

Carbon tetrachloride - -

Carbon, granulated, activated 50 60

 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Carbon, graphite 40 -

Casein powder 35 40

Cashew nuts 32 37

Caster beans 36 -

Cat food 20 25

Cellophane, flocking 5 -

Cellulose acetate 10 -

Cellulose, flocking 1.5 3

Cement powder, portland 85 95

Cement, clinker 75 90

Cereal flake 12 -

Chalk, fine 70 75

Chalk, lump 85 90

Charcoal 15 30

Chromium ore 135 -

 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Cinders, coal 40 50

Citric acid 55 -

Clay, attapulgus 55 -

Clay, ball 25 -

Clay, bentonite 51 -

Clay, calcined 80 -

Clay, dicalite 20 50

Clay, kaoline 20 60

Clay, sno-brite 15 50

Clay, whitex 15 50

Clinker, cement 80 -

Clinker, coal 80 90

Coal, ground 40 -

Coal, lump 45 55

Coconut, shredded 20 22
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Coffee bean, green 32 45

Coffee bean, roasted 22 30

Coffee, ground 20 -

Coke, calcined, petrol 35 45

Copper ore 135 -

Concrete 140 150

Copper oxide 190 -

Cork, ground 5 15

Corn bran 13 -

Corn cob, ground 35 -

Corn, cracked 35 40

Corn, flaked 6 -

Corn, gern 21 -

Corn, gluten 26 33

Corn, grits 40 45
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Corn, ground 30 35

Corn, meal 32 40

Corn, starch 25 35

Corn, sugar, liquid 88 -

Corn, sugar, powder 31 -

Corn, whole kernel 45 -

Cotton blossoms 15 25

Cottonseed 22 40

Cottonseed hulls 12 -

Cottonseed meats 40 -

Cottonseed oil 58 -

Cottonseed, meal 35 40

Cream powder 38 -

Cullett, glass 120 -

Dextrin 50 55
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Dextrose 31 -

Diatomacaous earth 11 14

Dicalcium phosphate 43 -

Diesel fuel 52 -

Dirt, dry 65 80

Distillars grain 30 -

Dog food, IAMS minichunk 26 -

Dolomite, lump 88 99

Dolomite, powdered 45 -

Down, goose 1 -

Ebonite, crushed 65 70

Emery, crushed 95 -

Epsom salt 40 50

Ethanol 56 -

Ethyl ether 44 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Ethylene glycol 70 -

Expancel microsphere 0.8 -

Farina 44 -

Feathers, goose 1 -

Feed pellets, animal 32 38

Feldspar, ground 65 70

Ferrous sulphate 50 75

Fertilizer, phosphate 60 -

Fish meal 25 40

Flax seed 40 45

Flour, barley 25 30

Flour, corn 30 34

Flour, patent 20 -

Flour, wheat 30 35

Flourospar 90 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Fluff, poly-fim floc 1.5 2

Fly ash 35 45

Froot loops, kellogs 8 -

Fullers earth 35 45

Gasoline 45 -

Gelatine, granulated 32 -

Gilsonite 37 -

Glass bead 120 -

Glass cullett crushed 120 -

Gluten, wheat 30 35

Glycerine 78 -

Golf tees 15 -

Graphite, ground 25 30

Grass seed 10 35

Gravel 75 85
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Grits, corn 40 45

Grits, rice 42 45

Gun powder 50 -

Gypsum, lump 90 100

Gypsum, powder 60 80

Hay 5 24

HDPE, polethylene 35 40

Hominey 37 50

Hops 35 -

Hops, spent dry 35 -

Hydrochloric acid 75 -

Ice, crushed 55 -

Illmenite, ground 120 -

Iron chips 165 -

Iron ore 150 -

 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Iron oxide 180 -

Jet fuel, jp4 51 -

Kafir 40 45

Kalsomine, powder 32 -

Kaoline, crushed 20 22

Kerosene 51 -

Lactose 32 -

LDPE, polyethylene 35 -

Lead oxide 30 150

Liginite 40 55

Lima beans dry 45 -

Lime, hydreated 25 30

Lime, pebble 55 65

Lime, quicklime 25 30

Lime, slaked 32 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Limestone, crushed 85 95

Limestone, dust 68 -

Linseed oil 58 -

Linseed, kernel 25 -

Maize, kernel 45 -

Malt sugar 30 35

Malt, dry, whole 30 35

Malt, ground, dry 20 -

Malt, spent, damp 55 65

Malt, spent, dry 10 -

Maltodextrin powder 35 -

Maple syrup 85 -

Marble, crushed 85 95

Menthol 49 -

Metal dust 50 120

 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Methanol 49 -

Methyl alcohol 49 -

Mica 13 30

Milk powder 15 20

Milk sugar 32 -

Miller, ground 35 -

Millet seed 48 -

Mineral oil 57 -

Mineral spirits 49 -

Molybdenum, floc 10 12

Monosodium phosphate 50 -

Muriate of potash 77 -

Mustard seed 45 -

Naphthalene 56 -

Napthalene flakes 45 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Navy beans, dry 48 -

Nitrate of soda 68 -

Nitric acid 94 -

Nitrocellulose 25 -

Nylon 35 45

Oat flour 30 35

Oat hulls 8 12

Oat meal 35 40

Oat middlings 35 45

Oats 25 35

Oats, bran 25 -

Oats, ground 25 30

Oats, rolled 24 -

Octane 45 -

Oil, linseed 58 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Oil, olive 57 -

Oil, petroleum, crude 53 -

Oil, sperm whale 57 -

Oil, transformer 55 -

Oil, turpentine 54 -

Oxalic acid, crystals 60 -

Oyster shells, ground 53 -

Paper, shreaded 5 12

Paraffin wax 45 -

PC, polycarbonate 34 36

Peanut shell refuse 4 -

Peanuts, shelled 35 45

Peanuts, unshelled 15 24

Peas, dry 45 50

Peat 25 50
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Perlite, expanded 3 -

Petroleum oil 51 -

Phosphate rock, crushed 60 80

Phosphate sand 90 100

Plaster of Paris 50 55

Plastic pellet 34 48

Ployethylene, pellet 34 36

Ployvinyl chloride, powder 30 -

Polyethylene pellet 35 37

Polypropylene powder 25 -

Polypropylene, pellet 34 36

Polystyrene, expanded beads 1.5 -

Polystyrene, pellet 40 -

Polyvinyl chloride, pellet 48 52

Popcorn, popped 2-3 -

 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Popcorn, shelled 45 50

Potash 50 60

Potasium chloride 2 3

Potassium carbonate 45 50

Potassium chloride 75 -

Potassium nitrate 76 -

Potassium sulphate 42 48

Potato flake 12 -

Potato starch 40 -

Pumice 40 45

PVC polyvinyl chloride 48 52

Quartz, sand 80 100

Rape seed 45 50

Rice 45 50

Rice bran 20 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Rice flour 30 -

Rice grits 42 45

Rubber, ground 25 50

Rye 44 -

Rye, flour 30 -

Salt, coarse crushed 45 55

Salt, granulated 70 80

Saltpeter 75 -

Sand, damp 100 -

Sand, dry 80 100

Sand, loose 90 -

Sand with gravel, dry 108 -

Sand with gravel, wet 125 -

Sand, rammed 105 -

Sand, silica 95 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Sand, water filled 120 -

Sand, wet 120 -

Sand, wet, packed 130 -

Sandstone, crushed 80 95

Sawdust 4 12

Sea water 64 -

Semolina 35 40

Sesame seed 27 37

Shellac powder 30 35

Silica flour 35 40

Silica gel 30 45

Silica sand 95 -

Slag, furnace 60 -

Slakes lime 32 -

Slate, crushed 80 90
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Soap powder 20 25

Soda ash 30 45

Sodium bicarbonate 41 -

Sodium chloride 70 -

Sodium hydroxide, flake 47 -

Sodium nitrate 68 80

Sodium sulphate 80 -

Sorghum seed 42 50

Soybean flour 27 35

Soybean hulls 6 -

Soybean meal 36 50

Soybean, flakes 18 25

Soybean, whole 47 -

Soybeean, cracked 35 -

Spelt flour 25 30
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Starch powder 25 35

Steel, chips 150 -

Sucrose - crystal 99 -

Sucrose - amorphous 94 -

Sugar, brown 45 -

Sugar, dextrose, powder 50 -

Sugar, granulated 53 -

Sugar, milk 32 -

Sugar, powdered 50 60

Sugar, raw 55 65

Sulfuric acid 112 -

Sulphur, crushed 55 70

Sunflower seed 36 -

Talcum powder 4 62

Tar 72 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Tea leaves 12 -

Terephalic acid powder 45 -

Timothy seed 36 -

Tin oxide 100 -

Titanium dioxide 40 50

Tobacco, flake 2 5

Toulene 54 -

Transmission oil 54 -

Trisodium phosphate 50 60

Urea, prill 34 42

Vermiculite ore 80 -

Vermiculite, expanded 17 -

Walnut meats 25 -

Walnut shells, ground 40 45

Water 62 -
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Wax 15 20

Wheat bran 12 -

Wheat gluten 30 35

Wheat, craked 35 45

Wheat, flaked 7 10

Wheat, flour 30 35

Wheat, ground 40 -

Wheat, whole kernel 45 55

Whey powder 35 46

Wood chips 20 30

Wood flour 15 25

Wood shavings 3 10

Xanthum gum 48 -

Zinc ore 125 -

Zinc oxide 10 30
 Density
(lb/ft3)
Material

from to

Zinc, calcined, crushed 70 90