Weights and Densities

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Material densities might be of use to someone.......

http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_materials.htm

Material - powder, ore, solids, etc.	kg/cu.m.
Alfalfa, ground	256
Alum, lumpy	881
Alum, pulverized	753
Alumina	961
Ammonium Nitrate	730
Ammonium Sulphate - dry	1130
Ammonium Sulphate - wet	1290
Antimony, cast	6696
Apples	641
Asbestos - shredded	320- 400
Asbestos rock	1600
Ashes - wet	730- 890
Ashes - dry	570- 650
Asphalt, crushed	721
Bark, wood refuse	240
Barley	609
Barite, crushed	2883
Basalt, broken	1954
Basalt, solid	3011
Beets	721
Brewers grain	432
Brick, common red	1922
Brick, fire clay	2403
Cement, Portland	1506
Cement, mortar	2162
Cement, slurry	1442
Chalk, solid	2499
Chalk, lumpy	1442
Chalk, fine	1121
Cinders, furnace	913
Cinders, Coal, ash	641
Clay, dry excavated	1089
Clay, wet excavated	1826
Clay, dry lump	1073
Clay, fire	1362
Clay, wet lump	1602
Clay, compacted	1746
Coal, Anthracite, broken	1105
Coal, Bituminous, solid	1346
Coal, Bituminous, broken	833
Coke	570- 650
Concrete, Asphalt	2243
Concrete, Gravel	2403
Concrete, Limestone with Portland	2371
Cork, ground	160
Corn, on the cob	721
Earth, loam, dry, excavated	1249
Earth, moist, excavated	1442
Earth, wet, excavated	1602
Earth, dense	2002
Earth, soft loose mud	1730
Earth, packed	1522
Earth, Fullers, raw	673
Emery	4005
Feldspar, solid	2563
Fertilizer, acid phosphate	961
Fish, scrap	721
Fish, meal	593
Flaxseed, whole	721
Flint - silica	1390

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Lead, rolled - see metals table	11389
Lead, red	3684
Lead, white pigment	4085
Leather	945
Lignite, dry	801
Lime, quick, lump	849
Lime, quick, fine	1201
Lime, stone, large	2691
Lime, stone, lump	1538
Lime, hydrated	481
Lime, wet or mortar	1540
Limestone, solid	2611
Limestone, broken	1554
Limestone, pulverized	1394
Manure	400
Marble, solid	2563
Marble, broken	1570
Marl, wet, excavated	2243
Mud, packed	1906
Mud, fluid	1730
Oak, red	705
Oats	432
Paper, standard	1201
Peat, dry	400
Peat, moist	801
Peat, wet	1121
Potatoes, white	769
Pyrite (fool's gold)	2400 - 5015
Quartz, solid	2643
Quartz, lump	1554
Quartz sand	1201
Rip-Rap	1602
Rock - soft - excavated with shovel	1600-1780
Salt, course	801
Sand, wet	1922
Sand, wet, packed	2082
Sand, dry	1602
Sand, loose	1442
Sand with Gravel, dry	1650
Sand with Gravel, wet	2020
Sandstone, solid	2323
Sandstone, broken	1370-1450
Sewage, sludge	721
Shale, broken	1586
Slag, solid	2114
Slag, broken	1762
Slag, crushed, 1/4 inch	1185
Slag, furn. granulated	961
Slate, solid	2691
Slate, broken	1290-1450
Slate, pulverized	1362
Stone, crushed	1602
Stone (common, generic)	2515
Wood chips - dry - see wood table	240- 520

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Of particular use for people quantifying simple ground works are these references

Earth, loam, dry, excavated	1249
Earth, moist, excavated	1442
Earth, wet, excavated	1602
Earth, dense	2002
Earth, soft loose mud	1730
Earth, packed	1522

The common perception is that a cube of earth weighs 1 ton ... not so ... also ... as stated on this forum elsewhere a single cube of earth dug out expands by one third in volume (on average) when excavated