| Material - powder, ore, solids, etc.
| kg/cu.m.
|
| Alfalfa, ground
| 256
|
| Alum, lumpy
| 881
|
| Alum, pulverized
| 753
|
| Alumina
| 961
|
| Aluminum, oxide
| 1522
|
| Ammonia gas
| 0.77
|
| Ammonium Nitrate
| 730
|
| Ammonium Sulphate - dry
| 1130
|
| Ammonium Sulphate - wet
| 1290
|
| Andesite, solid
| 2771
|
| Antimony, cast
| 6696
|
| Apples
| 641
|
| Arsenic
| 5671
|
| Asbestos - shredded
| 320- 400
|
| Asbestos rock
| 1600
|
| Ashes - wet
| 730- 890
|
| Ashes - dry
| 570- 650
|
| Asphalt, crushed
| 721
|
| Babbitt
| 7272
|
| Bagasse
| 120
|
| Bakelite, solid
| 1362
|
| Baking powder
| 721
|
| Barium
| 3780
|
| Bark, wood refuse
| 240
|
| Barley
| 609
|
| Barite, crushed
| 2883
|
| Basalt, broken
| 1954
|
| Basalt, solid
| 3011
|
| Bauxite, crushed
| 1281
|
| Beans, castor
| 577
|
| Beans, cocoa
| 593
|
| Beans, navy
| 801
|
| Beans, soy
| 721
|
| Beeswax
| 961
|
| Beets
| 721
|
| Bentonite
| 593
|
| Bicarbonate of soda
| 689
|
| Bismuth
| 9787
|
| Bones, pulverized
| 881
|
| Borax, fine
| 849
|
| Bran
| 256
|
| Brewers grain
| 432
|
| Brick, common red
| 1922
|
| Brick, fire clay
| 2403
|
| Brick, silica
| 2050
|
| Brick, chrome
| 2803
|
| Brick, magnesia
| 2563
|
| Buckwheat
| 657
|
| Butter
| 865
|
| Cadmium
| 8650
|
| Calcium carbide
| 1201
|
| Caliche
| 1442
|
| Carbon, solid
| 2146
|
| Carbon, powdered
| 80
|
| Carbon dioxide
| 1.98
|
| Carbon monoxide
| 1.25
|
| Cardboard
| 689
|
| Cement - clinker
| 1290-1540
|
| Cement, Portland
| 1506
|
| Cement, mortar
| 2162
|
| Cement, slurry
| 1442
|
| Chalk, solid
| 2499
|
| Chalk, lumpy
| 1442
|
| Chalk, fine
| 1121
|
| Charcoal
| 208
|
| Chloroform
| 1522
|
| Chocolate, powder
| 641
|
| Chromic acid, flake
| 1201
|
| Chromium
| 6856
|
| Chromium ore
| 2162
|
| 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
|
| Clover seed
| 769
|
| Coal, Anthracite, solid
| 1506
|
| Coal, Anthracite, broken
| 1105
|
| Coal, Bituminous, solid
| 1346
|
| Coal, Bituminous, broken
| 833
|
| Cobaltite ( cobolt ore )
| 6295
|
| Coconut, meal
| 513
|
| Coconut, shredded
| 352
|
| Coffee, fresh beans
| 561
|
| Coffee, roast beans
| 432
|
| Coke
| 570- 650
|
| Concrete, Asphalt
| 2243
|
| Concrete, Gravel
| 2403
|
| Concrete, Limestone with Portland
| 2371
|
| Copper ore
| 1940-2590
|
| Copper sulfate, ground
| 3604
|
| Copra, medium size
| 529
|
| Copra, meal, ground
| 641
|
| Copra, expeller cake ground
| 513
|
| Copra, expeller cake chopped
| 465
|
| Cork, solid
| 240
|
| Cork, ground
| 160
|
| Corn, on the cob
| 721
|
| Corn, shelled
| 721
|
| Corn, grits
| 673
|
| Cottonseed, dry, de-linted
| 561
|
| Cottonseed, dry, not de-linted
| 320
|
| Cottonseed, cake, lumpy
| 673
|
| Cottonseed, hulls
| 192
|
| Cottonseed, meal
| 593
|
| Cottonseed, meats
| 641
|
| Cottonwood
| 416
|
| Cryolite
| 1602
|
| Cullet
| 1602
|
| Culm
| 753
|
| Dolomite, solid
| 2899
|
| Dolomite, pulverized
| 737
|
| Dolomite, lumpy
| 1522
|
| 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
|
| Ether
| 737
|
| Feldspar, solid
| 2563
|
| Feldspar, pulverized
| 1233
|
| Fertilizer, acid phosphate
| 961
|
| Fish, scrap
| 721
|
| Fish, meal
| 593
|
| Flaxseed, whole
| 721
|
| Flint - silica
| 1390
|
| Flour, wheat
| 593
|
| Flue dust
| 1450-2020
|
| Fluorspar, solid
| 3204
|
| Fluorspar, lumps
| 1602
|
| Fluorspar, pulverized
| 1442
|
| Fullers Earth - raw or burnt
| 570- 730
|
| Galena ( lead ore )
| 7400 - 7600
|
| Garbage, household rubbish
| 481
|
| Glass - broken or cullet
| 1290-1940
|
| Glass, window
| 2579
|
| Glue, animal, flaked
| 561
|
| Glue, vegetable, powdered
| 641
|
| Gluten, meal
| 625
|
| Gneiss, bed in place
| 2867
|
| Gneiss, broken
| 1858
|
| Granite, solid
| 2691
|
| Granite, broken
| 1650
|
| Graphite, flake
| 641
|
| Grain - Maize
| 760
|
| Grain - Barley
| 600
|
| Grain - Millet
| 760- 800
|
| Grain - Wheat
| 780- 800
|
| Gravel, loose, dry
| 1522
|
| Gravel, with sand, natural
| 1922
|
| Gravel, dry 1/4 to 2 inch
| 1682
|
| Gravel, wet 1/4 to 2 inch
| 2002
|
| Gummite ( uranium ore )
| 3890 - 6400
|
| Gypsum, solid
| 2787
|
| Gypsum, broken
| 1290-1600
|
| Gypsum, crushed
| 1602
|
| Gypsum, pulverized
| 1121
|
| Halite (salt), solid
| 2323
|
| Halite (salt), broken
| 1506
|
| Hematite ( iron ore )
| 5095 - 5205
|
| Hemimorphite ( zinc ore )
| 3395 - 3490
|
| Hydrochloric acid 40%
| 1201
|
| Ice, solid
| 919
|
| Ice, crushed
| 593
|
| Ilmenite
| 2307
|
| Iridium
| 22154
|
| Iron ore - crushed - see metals table
| 2100-2900
|
| Iron oxide pigment
| 400
|
| Iron Pyrites
| 2400
|
| Iron sulphate - pickling tank - dry
| 1200
|
| Iron sulphate - pickling tank - wet
| 1290
|
| Ivory
| 1842
|
| Kaolin, green crushed
| 1025
|
| Kaolin, pulverized
| 352
|
| 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
|
| Limonite, solid
| 3796
|
| Limonite, broken
| 2467
|
| Limestone, solid
| 2611
|
| Limestone, broken
| 1554
|
| Limestone, pulverized
| 1394
|
| Linseed, whole
| 753
|
| Linseed, meal
| 513
|
| Locust, dry
| 705
|
| Magnesite, solid
| 3011
|
| Magnesium oxide
| 1940
|
| Magnesium sulphate, crystal
| 1121
|
| Magnetite, solid ( iron ore )
| 5046
|
| Magnetite, broken
| 3284
|
| Malachite ( copper ore )
| 3750 - 3960
|
| Malt
| 336
|
| Manganese, solid
| 7609
|
| Manganese oxide
| 1922
|
| Manure
| 400
|
| Marble, solid
| 2563
|
| Marble, broken
| 1570
|
| Marl, wet, excavated
| 2243
|
| Mica, solid
| 2883
|
| Mica, broken
| 1602
|
| Mica - flake
| 520
|
| Mica - powder
| 986
|
| Milk, powdered
| 449
|
| Molybdenum ore
| 1600
|
| Mortar, wet
| 2403
|
| Mud, packed
| 1906
|
| Mud, fluid
| 1730
|
| Nickel ore
| 1600
|
| Nickel, rolled
| 8666
|
| Nickel silver
| 8442
|
| Nitric acid, 91%
| 1506
|
| Nitrogen
| 1.26
|
| Oak, red
| 705
|
| Oats
| 432
|
| Oats, rolled
| 304
|
| Oil cake
| 785
|
| Oil, linseed
| 942
|
| Oil, petroleum
| 881
|
| Oxygen
| 1.43
|
| Oyster shells, ground
| 849
|
| Paper, standard
| 1201
|
| Peanuts, shelled
| 641
|
| Peanuts, not shelled
| 272
|
| Peat, dry
| 400
|
| Peat, moist
| 801
|
| Peat, wet
| 1121
|
| Pecan wood
| 753
|
| Phosphate rock, broken
| 1762
|
| Phosphorus
| 2339
|
| Pitch
| 1153
|
| Plaster
| 849
|
| Platinum ore
| 2600
|
| Porcelain
| 2403
|
| Porphyry, solid
| 2547
|
| Porphyry, broken
| 1650
|
| Potash
| 1281
|
| Potassium chloride
| 2002
|
| Potatoes, white
| 769
|
| Pumice, stone
| 641
|
| Pyrite (fool's gold)
| 2400 - 5015
|
| Quartz, solid
| 2643
|
| Quartz, lump
| 1554
|
| Quartz sand
| 1201
|
| Resin, synthetic, crushed
| 561
|
| Rice, hulled
| 753
|
| Rice, rough
| 577
|
| Rice grits
| 689
|
| Rip-Rap
| 1602
|
| Rock - soft - excavated with shovel
| 1600-1780
|
| Rosin
| 1073
|
| Rubber, caoutchouc
| 945
|
| Rubber, manufactured
| 1522
|
| Rubber, ground scrap
| 481
|
| Rye
| 705
|
| Salt cake
| 1442
|
| Salt, course
| 801
|
| Salt, fine
| 1201
|
| Saltpeter
| 1201
|
| Sand, wet
| 1922
|
| Sand, wet, packed
| 2082
|
| Sand, dry
| 1602
|
| Sand, loose
| 1442
|
| Sand, rammed
| 1682
|
| Sand, water filled
| 1922
|
| Sand with Gravel, dry
| 1650
|
| Sand with Gravel, wet
| 2020
|
| Sandstone, solid
| 2323
|
| Sandstone, broken
| 1370-1450
|
| Sawdust
| 210
|
| Sewage, sludge
| 721
|
| Shale, solid
| 2675
|
| Shale, broken
| 1586
|
| Shells - oyster
| 800
|
| Sinter
| 1600-2180
|
| 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
|
| Smithsonite ( zinc ore )
| 4300
|
| Snow, freshly fallen
| 160
|
| Snow, compacted
| 481
|
| Soap, solid
| 801
|
| Soap, chips
| 160
|
| Soap, flakes
| 160
|
| Soap, powdered
| 368
|
| Soapstone talc
| 2400
|
| Soda Ash, heavy
| 1080
|
| Soda Ash, light
| 432
|
| Sodium
| 977
|
| Sodium Aluminate, ground
| 1153
|
| Sodium Nitrate, ground
| 1201
|
| Soy beans, whole
| 753
|
| Starch, powdered
| 561
|
| Stone, crushed
| 1602
|
| Stone (common, generic)
| 2515
|
| Sugar, brown
| 721
|
| Sugar, powdered
| 801
|
| Sugar, granulated
| 849
|
| Sugar, raw cane
| 961
|
| Sugarbeet pulp, dry
| 208
|
| Sugarbeet pulp, wet
| 561
|
| Sugarcane
| 272
|
| Sulphur, solid
| 2002
|
| Sulphur, lump
| 1314
|
| Sulphur, pulverized
| 961
|
| Taconite
| 2803
|
| Talc, solid
| 2691
|
| Talc, broken
| 1746
|
| Tanbark, ground
| 881
|
| Tankage
| 961
|
| Tar
| 1153
|
| Tobacco
| 320
|
| Trap rock, solid
| 2883
|
| Trap rock, broken
| 1746
|
| Turf
| 400
|
| Turpentine
| 865
|
| Walnut, black, dry
| 609
|
| Water, pure
| 1000
|
| Water, sea (see liquids table)
| 1026
|
| Wheat
| 769
|
| Wheat, cracked
| 673
|
| Wood chips - dry - see wood table
| 240- 520
|
| Wool
| 1314
|
| Zinc oxide
| 400
|