Material Weights Table

A table displaying the weight of several different materials based on lbs. per cubic foot.
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Acetylenogen (Calcium Carbide)
70-90
Adipic Acid
45
Alfalfa Meal
14-22
Alfalfa Pellets
42
Alfalfa Seed
10-15
Almonds Broken
27-30
Almonds, Whole Shelled
28-30
Alum-Lumpy
50-60
Alum-Pulverized
45-50
Alumina
55-65
Alumina Fines
35
Alumina Sized or Briquette
65
Aluminate Gel (Aluminate Hydroxide)
45
Aluminum Chips Dry
7-15
Aluminum Chips (Oily)
7-15
Aluminum Hydrate
13-20
Aluminum Ore (See Bauxite)
-
Aluminum Oxide
60-120
Aluminum Silicate (Andalusite)
49
Aluminum Sulfate
45-58
Amianthus (Asbestos)
20-40
Ammonium Chloride (Crystalline)
45-52
Ammonium Nitrate
45-62
Ammonium Sulfate
45-58
Antimony Powder
-
Apple Pomace, Dry
15
Arsenic Oxide (Arsenolite)
100-120
Arsenic Pulverized
30
Asbestos Rock (Ore)
81
Asbestos, Shredded
20-40
Ash, Black Ground
105
Ashes, Coal, Dry-'/2"
35-45
Ashes, Coal, Dry-3"
35-40
Ashes, Coal, Wet-'/2"
45-50
Ashes, Coal, Wet-3"
45-50
Asphalt, Crushed-'/2"
45
Bagasse
7-10
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Bakelite, Fine
30-45
Baking Powder
40-45
Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
40-55
Barite (Barium Sulfate)+1/2"-3"
120-180
Barite Powder
120-180
Barium Carbonate
72
Bark Wood Refuse
10-20
Barley, Fine, Ground
24-38
Barley, Malted
31
Barley Meal
28
Barley, Whole
36-48
Basalt
80-105
Bauxite, Dry, Ground
68
Bauxite, Crushed-3"
75-85
Beans, Castor, Meal
35-40
Beans, Castor, Whole Shelled
36
Beans, Navy, Dry
48
Beans, Navy, Steeped
60
Bentonite, Crude
34-40
Bentonite, -100 Mesh
50-60
Benzene Hexachloride
56
Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda)
40-45
Blood Dried
35-45
Blood, Ground, Dried
30
Bone Ash (Tricalcium Phosphate)
40-50
Boneblack
20-25
Bonechar
27-40
Bonemeal
50-60
Bones, Whole
35-50
Bones, Crushed
35-50
Bones, Ground
50
Borate of Lime
60
Borax, Fine
45-55
Borax-Screening-1/2"
55-60
Borax, 1&1/2"-2" Lump
55-60
Borax, 2"-3" Lump
60-70
Boric Acid, Fine
55
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Boron
75
Bran, Rice-Rye-Wheat
16-20
Braunite (Manganese Oxide)
120
Bread Crumbs
20-25
Brewer's Grain, sent, dry
14-30
Brewer's Grain, spent, wet
55-60
Brick, Ground-1/8"
100-120
Bronze Chips
30-50
Buckwheat
37-42
Calcine, Flour
75-85
Calcium Carbide
70-90
Calcium Carbonate (See Limestone)
-
Calcium Fluoride (See Fluorspar)
-
Calcium Hydrate (See Lime, Hydrated)
-
Calcium Hydroxide (See Lime, Hydrated)
-
Calcium Lactate
26-29
Calcium Oxide (See Lime, Unslaked)
-
Calcium Phosphate
40-50
Calcium Sulfate (See Gypsum)
-
Carbon Black, Pelleted
-
Carbon Black, Powder
-
Carborundum
100
Casein
36
Cashew Nuts
32-37
Cast Iron, Chips
130-200
Caustic Soda
88
Caustic Soda, Flakes
47
Celite, (See Diatomaceous Earth)
-
Cement, Clinker
75-95
Cement, Mortar
133
Cement, Portland
94
Cement, Aerated (Portland)
60-75
Cerrusite (See Lead Carbonate)
-
Chalk, Crushed
75-95
Chalk, Pulverized
67-75
Charcoal, Ground
18-28
Charcoal, Lumps
18-28
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Chocolate, Cake Pressed
40-45
Chrome Ore
125-140
Cinders, Blast Furnace
57
Cinders, Coal
40
Clay (See Bentonite, Diatomaceous Earth,
Fuller's Earth, Kaolin & Marl)
-
Clay, Ceramic, Dry, Fines
60-80
Clay, Calcined
80-100
Clay, Brick, Dry, Fines
100-120
Clay, Dry, Lumpy
60-75
Clinker Cement See Cement Clinker
-
Clover Seed
45-48
Coal, Anthracite (River & Culm)
55-61
Coal, Anthracite Sized-1/2"
49-61
Coal, Bituminous, Mined
40-60
Coal, Bituminous, Mined, Sized
45-50
Coal, Bituminous, Mined, Slack
43-50
Coal, Lignite
37-45
Cocoa Beans
30-45
Cocoa, Nibs
35
Cocoa, Powdered
30-35
Cocoanut, Shredded
20-22
Coffee, Chaff
20
Coffee, Green Bean
25-32
Coffee, Ground, Dr
25
Coffee, Ground, Wet
35-45
Coffee, Roasted Bean
20-30
Coffee, Soluble
19
Coke, Breeze
25-35
Coke, Loose
23-35
Coke, Petrol, Calcined
35-45
Compost
30-50
Concrete, Pre-Mix Dry
85-120
Copper Ore
120-150
Copper Ore, Crushed
100-150
Copper Sulphate, (Bluestone)
75-95
Copperas (See Ferrous Sulphate)
-
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Copra, Cake Ground
40-45
Copra, Cake, Lumpy
25-30
Copra, Lumpy
22
Copra, Meal
40-45
Cork, Fine Ground
5-15
Cork, Granulated
12-15
Corn, Cracked
40-50
Corn Cobs, Ground
17
Corn Cobs, Whole
12-15
Corn Ear
56
Corn Germ
21
Corn Grits
40-45
Cornmeal
32-40
Corn Oil, Cake
25
Corn Seed
45
Corn Shelled
45
Corn Sugar
30-35
Cottonseed, Cake, Crushed
40-45
Cottonseed, Cake, Lumpy
40-45
Cottonseed, Dry, Delinted
22-40
Cottonseed, Dry, Not Delinted
18-25
Cottonseed, Flakes
20-25
Cottonseed, Hulls
12
Cottonseed, Meal, Expeller
25-30
Cottonseed, Meal, Extracted
35-40
Cottonseed, Meats, Dry
40
Cottonseed, Meats, Rolled
35-40
Cracklings, Crushed
40-50
Cryolite, Dust
75-90
Cryolite, Lumpy
90-110
Cullet, Fine
80-120
Cullet, Lump
80-120
Culm, (See Coal, Anthracite)
-
Cupric Sulphate (Copper Sulfate)
-
Detergent (See Soap Detergent)
-
Diatomaceous Earth
11-17
Dicalcium Phosphate
40-50
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Disodium Phosphate
25-31
Distiller's Grain, Spent, Dry
30
Distiller's Grain, Spent Wet
40-60
Dolomite, Crushed
80-100
Dolomite, Lumpy
90-100
Earth, Loam, Dry, Loose
76
Ebonite, Crushed
63-70
Egg Powder
16
Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate)
40-50
Feldspar, Ground
65-80
Feldspar, Lumps
90-100
Feldspar, Powder
100
Feldspar, Screenings
75-80
Ferrous Sulfide-1/2"
120-135
Ferrous Sulfide-100M
105-120
Ferrous Sulphate
50-75
Fish Meal
35-40
Fish Scrap
40-50
Flaxseed
43-45
Flaxseed Cake (Linseed Cake)
48-50
Flaxseed Meal (Linseed Meal)
25-45
Flour Wheat
33-40
Flue Dust, Basic Oxygen Furnace
45-60
Flue Dust, Blast Furnace
110-125
Flue Dust, Boiler H. Dry
30-45
Fluorspar, Fine (Calcium Fluoride)
80-100
Fluorspar, Lumps
90-110
Flyash
30-45
Foundry Sand, Dry (See Sand)
-
Fuller's Earth, Dry, Raw
30-40
Fuller's Earth, Oily, Spent
60-65
Fuller's Earth, Calcined
40
Gelena (See Lead Sulfide)
-
Gelatine, Granulated
32
Gilsonite
37
Glass, Batch
80-100
Glue, Ground
40
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Glue, Pearl
40
Glue, Veg, Powdered
40
Gluten, Meal
40
Granite, Fine
80-90
Grape Pomace
15-20
Graphite Flake
40
Graphite Flour
28
Graphite Ore
65-75
Guano Dry
70
Gypsum, Calcined
55-60
Gypsum, Calcined, Powdered
60-80
Gypsum, Raw-1"
70-80
Hay, Chopped
8-12
Hexanedioic Acid (See Adipic Acid)
-
Hominy, Dry
35-50
Hops, Spent, Dry
35
Hops, Spent, Wet
50-55
Ice, Crushed
35-45
Ice, Flaked
40-45
Ice, Cubes
33-35
Ice, Shell
33-35
limenite Ore
140-160
Iron Ore Concentrate
120-180
Iron Oxide Pigment
25
Iron Oxide, Millscale
75
Iron Pyrites (See Ferrous Sulfide)
-
Iron Sulphate (See Ferrous Sulfate)
-
Iron Sulfide (See Ferrous Sulfide)
-
Iron Vitriol (See Ferrous Sulfate)
-
Kafir (Corn)
40-45
Kaolin Cla
63
Kaolin Clay-Talc
42-56
Kryalith (See Cryolite)
-
Lactose
32
Lamp Black (See Carbon Black)
-
Lead Arsenate
72
Lead Arsenite
72
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Lead Carbonate
240-260
Lead Ore-1/8"
200-270
Lead Ore-1/2"
180-230
Lead Oxide (Red Lead)-100 Mesh
30-150
Lead Oxide (Red Lead)-200 Mesh
30-180
Lead Sulphide-100 Mesh
240-260
Lignite (See Coal Lignite)
-
Limanite, Ore, Brown
120
Lime, Ground, Unslaked
60-65
Lime Hydrated
40
Lime, Hydrated, Pulverized
32-40
Lime, Pebble
53-56
Limestone, Agricultural
68
Limestone, Crushed
85-90
Limestone, Dust
55-95
Lindane (Benzene Hexachloride)
-
Linseed (See Flaxseed)
-
Litharge (Lead Oxide)
-
Lithopone
45-50
Maize (See Milo)
-
Malt, Dry, Ground
20-30
Malt, Meal
36-40
Malt, Dry Whole
20-30
Malt, Sprouts
13-15
Magnesium Chloride (Magnesite)
33
Manganese Dioxide
70-85
Manganese Ore
125-140
Manganese Oxide
120
Manganese Sulfate
70
Marble, Crushed
80-95
Marl, (Clay)
80
Meat, Ground
50-55
Meat, Scrap (W/bone)
40
Mica, Flakes
17-22
Mica, Ground
13-15
Mica, Pulverized
13-15
Milk, Dried, Flake
5-6
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Milk, Malted
27-30
Milk, Powdered
20-45
Milk, Sugar
32
Milk, Whole, Powdered
20-36
Mill Scale (Steel)
120-125
Milo, Ground
32-36
Milo Maize (Kafir)
40-45
Molybdenite Powder
107
Monosodium Phosphate
50
Mortar, Wet
150
Mustard Seed
45
Niacin (Nicotinic Acid)
35
Oats
26
Oats, Crimped
19-26
Oats, Crushed
22
Oats, Flour
35
Oat Hulls
8-12
Oats, Rolled
19-24
Oleo Margarine (Margarine)
59
Orange Peel, Dry
15
Oxalic Acid Crystals-Ethane Diacid Crystals
60
Oyster Shells, Ground
50-60
Oyster Shells, Whole
80
Paper Pulp (4% or less)
62
Paper Pulp (6% to 15%)
60-62
Paraffin Cake-1/2"
45
Peanuts, Clean, in shell
15-20
Peanut Meal
30
Peanuts, Raw Uncleaned (unshelled)
15-20
Peanuts, Shelled
35-45
Peas, Dried
45-50
Perlite-Expanded
8-12
Phosphate Acid Fertilizer
60
Phosphate Disodium (See Sodium Phosphate)
-
Phosphate Rock, Broken
75-85
Phosphate Rock, Pulverized
60
Phosphate Sand
90-100
 

 
Plaster of Pari
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Plaster of Paris (See Gypsum)
-
Plumbago (See Graphite)
-
Polystyrene Beads
40
Polyvinyl, Chloride Powder
20-30
Polyvinyl, Chloride Pellets
20-30
Polyethelene, Resin Pellets
30-35
Potash (Muriate) Dry
70
Potash (Muriate) Mine Run
75
Potassium Carbonate
51
Potassium Chloride Pellets
120-130
Potassium Nitrate-1/2"
76
Potassium Nitrate-1/8"
80
Potassium Sulfate
42-48
Potato Flour
48
Pumice-1/8"
42-48
Pyrite, Pellets
120-130
Quartz-100 Mesh
70-80
Quartz-1/2"
80-90
Rice, Bran
20
Rice, Grits
42-45
Rice, Polished
30
Rice, Hulled
45-49
Rice, Hulls
20-21
Rice, Rough
32-36
Rosin-1/2"
65-68
Rubber, Reclaimed Ground
23-50
Rubber, Pelleted
50-55
Rye
42-48
Rye Bran
15-20
Rye Feed
33
Rye Meal
35-40
Rye Middlings
42
Rye, Shorts
32-33
Safflower, Cake
50
Safflower, Meal
50
SafflowerSeed
45
Saffron (See Safflower)
-

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Sal Ammoniac (Ammonium Chloride)
-
Salt Cake, Dry Coarse
85
Salt Cake, Dry Pulverized
65-85
Salicylic Acid
29
Salt, Dry Coarse
45-60
Salt, Dry Fine
70-80
Saltpeter (See Potassium Nitrate)
-
Sand Dry Bank (Damp)
110-130
Sand Dry Bank (Dry)
90-110
Sand Dry Silica
90-100
Sand Foundry (Shake Out)
90-100
Sand (Resin Coated) Silica
104
Sand (Resin Coated) Zircon
115
Sawdust, Dry
10-13
Sea-Coal
65
Sesame Seed
27-41
Shale, Crushed
85-90
Shellac, Powdered or Granulated
31
Silicon Dioxide (See Quartz)
-
Silica, Flour
80
Silica Gel-1/2"-3"
45
Slag, Blast Furnace Crushed
130-180
Slag, Furnace Granular, Dry
60-65
Slate, Crushed-1/2"
80-90
Slate, Ground-1/8"
82-85
Sludge, Sewage, Dried
40-50
Sludge, Sewage, Dry Ground
45-55
Soap, Beads or Granules
15-35
Soap, Chips
15-25
Soap Detergent
15-50
Soap, Flakes
5-15
Soap, Powder
20-25
Soapstone, Talc, Fine
40-50
Soda Ash, Heavy
55-65
Soda Ash, Light
20-35
Sodium Aluminate, Ground
72
Sodium Aluminum Fluoride (See Kryolite)
-
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Sodium Aluminum Sulphate
75
Sodium Bentonite (See Bentonite)
-
Sodium Bicarbonate (See Baking Soda)
-
Sodium Borate (See Borax)
-
Sodium Chloride (See Salt)
-
Sodium Carbonate (See Soda Ash)
-
Sodium Hydrate (See Caustic Soda)
-
Sodium Hydroxide (See Caustic Soda)
-
Sodium Nitrate
70-80
Sodium Phosphate
50-60
Sodium Sulfate (See Salt Cake)
-
Sodium Sulfite
96
Sorghum, Seed (See Kafir or Milo)
-
Soybean,Cake
40-43
Soybean, Cracked
30-40
Soybean, Flake, Raw
18-25
Soybean, Flour
27-30
Soybean Meal, Cold
40
Soybean Meal, Hot
40
Soybeans, Whole
45-50
Starch
25-50
Steel Turnings, Crushed
100-150
Sugar Beet, Pulp, Dry
12-15
Sugar Beet, Pulp, Wet
25-45
Sugar, Refined, Granulated Dry
50-55
Sugar, Refined, Granulated, Wet
55-65
Sugar, Powdered
50-60
Sugar, Raw
80-85
Sulphur, Crushed-1/2"
50-60
Sulphur, Lumpy,-3"
80-85
Sulphur, Powdered
50-60
Sunflower Seed
19-38
Talcum,-1/2"
80-90
Talcum Powder
50-60
Tanbark, Ground
55
Timothy Seed
36
Titanium Dioxide (See Ilmenite Ore)
-
 

 
MATERIALS TABLE
Material
Average weight in lbs./ft.�
Tobacco, Scraps
15-25
Tobacco, Snuff
30
Tricalcium Phosphate
40-50
Triple Super Phosphate
50-55
Trisodium Phosphate
60
Trisodium Phosphate, Granular
60
Trisodium Phosphate, Pulverized
50
Tung Nut Meats, Crushed
28
Tung Nuts
25-90
Urea Prills,Coated
43-46
Vermiculite, Expanded
16
Vermiculite, Ore
80
Vetch
48
Walnut Shells, Crushed
35-45
Wheat
45-48
Wheat, Cracked
40-45
Wheat, Germ
18-28
White Lead, Dry
75-100
Wood Chips, Screened
10-30
Wood Flour
16-36
Wood Shavings
8-16
Zinc, Concentrate Residue
75-78
Zinc Oxide, Heavy
30-35
Zinc Oxide, Light
10-15


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