Saturday, August 16, 2014

Material Densities

While studying the cargo of some barges in Tow 4, I became curious about the density of materials. I found a list, but I don't know how safe the site is. (It had an advertisement that was in poor taste.) So I typed up my own list of materials that might be carried in a barge.


Materialkg/cu.m.
Water1000
Nitrogen1.26
Aluminum, oxide1522
Bauxite, crushed1281
Calcium carbide1201
Chalk, lumpy1442
Chalk, fine1121
Chromium ore2162
Clay, dry excavated1089
Clay, wet excavated1826
Coal, Bituminous, broken 833
Copper ore1940-2590
Dolomite, pulverized 737
Dolomite, lumpy1522
Dolomite, solid2899
Earth, moist, excavated1442
Galena (lead ore)7400-7600
Granite, broken1650
Grain - Wheat 780-800
Gravel1522-2002
Gypsum, crushed1602
Gypsum, pulverized1102
Halite (salt), broken1506
Hematite (iron ore)5095-5205
Hemimorphite (zinc ore)3395-3490
Limestone, pulverized1394
Limestone, broken1554
Limestone, solid2611
Magnesium oxide1940
Magnetite (iron ore), broken3284
Malachite (copper ore)3750-3960
Maganese oxide1922
Marble, broken1570
Mica, borken1602
Nickel ore1600
Oil, petroleum 881
Phosphate rock, broken1762
Phosphorus2339
Potash1281
Quartz sand1201
Rip-Rap1602
Rock, soft, excavated with shovel1600-1790
Salt, course 801
Salt, fine1201
Sand1602-2082
Sandstone, solid2323
Sandstone, broken1370-1450
Shale, solid2675
Shale, broken1586
Smithsonite (zinc ore)4300
Stone, crushed1602
Stone (common, generic)2515
Sulphur, solid2002
Sulphur, lump1314
Sulphur, pulverized 961
Wheat 769
Wheat, cracked 673
Zinc oxide 400

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