Common Mean Densities

The Common Mean Density calculator provides the mean densities (ρ) of common substances including metals, woods, soils, stones and aggregates, farm products, elements, mining substances, oils, chemicals and construction materials.

INSTRUCTIONS: 

• (S)  Choose a substance from the pull-down menu (see list below)

Mean Density (ρ): The calculator returns the mean density in kilograms per cubic meter.  However, this can be automatically converted into other density units via the pull-down menu.

Use the Density

Use the density above in the mass as a function of density and volume calculator.  Click on the equation to compute the mass based on the density (ρ) and volume (V):

          M = ρ • V

where:

• M is the total mass
• ρ is the mean density
• V is the volume

Density Calculators

• Density from Mass and Volume: Computes density from mass and volume
• Mean Density Lookup:  Returns the mean density of hundreds of substances (metals, minerals, chemicals, fabricated materials, woods, foods, and more.
• Identify Possible Substances based on Density: Returns a list of substances within a density range.
• Substances with Mean Densities within a Range: This returns a list of substances that have a mean density within a range
• Weight of Metal - The computes the weight of a metal flat or bar based on the dimensions and the density of material (CLICK HERE)

List of Substances

The mean density of the following substances are available:

1. Acetic Acid 
2. Acetone
3. Acetonitrile
4. Actinium
5. Afromosia
6. air
7. Alcohol - ethyl
8. Alcohol - methyl
9. Alcohol - propyl
10. Alfalfa - ground
11. Alum - lumpy
12. Alum - pulverized
13. Alumina
14. Aluminum - 1100
15. Aluminum - 6061
16. Aluminum - 7050
17. Aluminum - 7178
18. Aluminum - melted
19. Aluminum - oxide
20. Aluminum (aluminium)
21. Aluminum foil
22. Ammonia (aqua)
23. Ammonia gas
24. Ammonium Nitrate
25. Ammonium Sulphate - dry
26. Ammonium Sulphate - wet
27. Analine
28. Andesite - solid
29. Antifriction metal
30. Antimony
31. Apple wood
32. Apples
33. Arsenic
34. Asbestos - shredded
35. Asbestos rock
36. Ash - black
37. Ash - white
38. Ashes - dry
39. Ashes - wet
40. Aspen wood
41. Asphalt - crushed
42. Automobile oils
43. Babbitt
44. Bagasse
45. Bakelite - solid
46. Baking powder
47. Balsa
48. Bamboo
49. Barite - crushed
50. Barium
51. Bark - wood refuse
52. barley
53. Basalt - broken
54. Basalt - solid
55. Bauxite - crushed
56. Beans - castor
57. Beans - cocoa
58. Beans - navy
59. Beans - soy
60. Beer (varies)
61. Beeswax
62. Beets
63. Bentonite
64. Benzene
65. Benzil
66. Beryllium
67. Copper - beryllium
68. Bicarbonate of soda
69. Birch (British)
70. Bismuth
71. blood
72. bone
73. Bones - pulverized
74. Borax - fine
75. Bran
76. Brass
77. Brass - 60/40
78. Brass - admiralty
79. Brass - casting
80. Brass - red
81. Brass - rolled and drawn
82. Brass - yellow
83. Brewers grain
84. Brick - chrome
85. Brick - common red
86. Brick - fire clay
87. Brick - magnesia
88. Brick - silica
89. Brine
90. Bromine
91. Bronze - Aluminum (3-10% Al)
92. Bronze - lead
93. Bronze - Manganese
94. Bronze - phosphorous
95. Bronze (8-14% Sn)
96. Brushed metal
97. Buckwheat
98. Butane
99. Butter
100. Butyric Acid
101. Cadmium
102. Caesium
103. Calcium
104. Calcium carbide
105. Caliche
106. Caproic acid
107. Carbolic acid
108. carbon
109. Carbon - powdered
110. Carbon - solid
111. Carbon dioxide
112. Carbon disulfide
113. Carbon monoxide
114. Carbon tetrachloride
115. Cardboard
116. Carene
117. Castor oil
118. Cedar - red
119. Cement - clinker
120. Cement - mortar
121. Cement - portland
122. Cement - slurry
123. Cerium
124. Chalk - fine
125. Chalk - lumpy
126. Chalk - solid
127. Charcoal
128. Chloride
129. Chlorobenzene
130. Chloroform
131. Chocolate - powder
132. Chromic acid - flake
133. Chromium
134. Chromium ore
135. Cinders - Coal - ash
136. Cinders - furnace
137. Citric acid
138. Clay - compacted
139. Clay - dry excavated
140. Clay - dry lump
141. Clay - fire
142. Clay - wet excavated
143. Clay - wet lump
144. Clover seed
145. coal - anthracite
146. Coal - Anthracite - broken
147. Coal - Anthracite - solid
148. coal - Bituminous (loose)
149. Coal - Bituminous (broken)
150. Coal - Bituminous
151. coal - lignite
152. Cobalt
153. Cobaltite ( cobolt ore )
154. Coconut - meal
155. Coconut - shredded
156. coconut oil
157. Coffee - fresh beans
158. Coffee - roast beans
159. Columbium
160. common red brick
161. concrete
162. Concrete - Asphalt
163. Concrete - Gravel
164. Concrete - Limestone with Portland
165. Constantan
166. Copper
167. Copper ore
168. Copper sulfate - ground
169. Copra - expeller cake chopped
170. Copra - expeller cake ground
171. Copra - meal - ground
172. Copra - medium size
173. Cork - ground
174. Cork - solid
175. Corn - grits
176. Corn - on the cob
177. Corn - shelled
178. Cotton
179. Cotton seed oil
180. Cottonseed - cake - lumpy
181. Cottonseed - dry - de-linted
182. Cottonseed - dry - not de-linted
183. Cottonseed - hulls
184. Cottonseed - meal
185. Cottonseed - meats
186. Cottonwood
187. Creosote
188. Cresol
189. Crude oil - 32.6ø API
190. Crude oil - 35.6ø API
191. Crude oil - 40ø API
192. Crude oil - 48ø API
193. Crude oil - California
194. Crude oil - Mexican
195. Crude oil - Texas
196. Cryolite
197. Cullet
198. Culm
199. Cumene
200. Cupronickel
201. Cyclohexane
202. Cyclopentane
203. Cypress
204. Decane
205. Delta metal
206. Dichloromethane
207. Diesel fuel oil 20 to 60
208. Diethyl ether
209. Diethylene glycol
210. Dimethyl Acetamide
211. Dimethyl Sulfoxide
212. dirt
213. Dodecane
214. Dolomite - lumpy
215. Dolomite - pulverized
216. Dolomite - solid
217. Douglas Fir
218. Duralumin
219. Earth - dense
220. Earth - Fullers - raw
221. Earth - loam - dry - excavated
222. Earth - moist - excavated
223. Earth - packed
224. Earth - soft loose mud
225. Earth - wet - excavated
226. Ebony
227. Electrum
228. Electrum
229. Elm ( English )
230. Elm ( Rock )
231. Elm ( Wych )
232. Emery
233. Eroded metal
234. Ethane
235. ethanol
236. Ether
237. Ethyl Acetate
238. Ethyl Alcohol
239. Ethyl Ether
240. Ethylamine
241. Ethylene Dichloride
242. Ethylene glycol
243. Europium
244. fat
245. Feldspar - pulverized
246. Feldspar - solid
247. Fertilizer - acid phosphate
248. fire clay brick
249. Fish - meal
250. Fish - scrap
251. Flax
252. Flaxseed - whole
253. Flint - silica
254. Flour - wheat
255. Flue dust
256. Fluorine refrigerant R-12
257. Fluorspar - lumps
258. Fluorspar - pulverized
259. Fluorspar - solid
260. Formaldehyde
261. Formic acid 10% concentration
262. Formic acid 80% concentration
263. Freon - 11
264. Freon - 21
265. Fuel oil
266. Fullers Earth - raw or burnt
267. Furan
268. Furforol
269. Galena ( lead ore )
270. Gallium
271. Garbage - household rubbish
272. Gas oils
273. Gasoline - Petrol
274. Germanium
275. Glass - broken or cullet
276. glass - common
277. glass - densest flint
278. glass - lead crystal
279. Glass - window
280. Glucose
281. Glue - animal - flaked
282. Glue - vegetable - powdered
283. Gluten - meal
284. Glycerin
285. Glycerol
286. Glyme
287. Gneiss - bed in place
288. Gneiss - broken
289. Gold
290. Grain - Barley
291. Grain - Maize
292. Grain - Millet
293. Grain - Wheat
294. Granite - broken
295. Granite - solid
296. Graphite - flake
297. Gravel - dry 1/4 to 2 inch
298. Gravel - loose - dry
299. Gravel - wet 1/4 to 2 inch
300. Gravel - with sand - natural
301. Gummite ( uranium ore )
302. Gypsum - broken
303. Gypsum - crushed
304. Gypsum - pulverized
305. Gypsum - solid
306. Hafnium
307. Halite (salt) - broken
308. Halite (salt) - solid
309. Hastelloy
310. Hemp
311. Heptane
312. Hexane
313. Hexanol
314. Hexene
315. Hydrazine
316. Hydrochloric acid 40%
317. ice
318. Ice - crushed
319. Ilmenite
320. Indium
321. Iodine
322. Ionene
323. Iridium
324. Iroko
325. iron
326. iron - Cast
327. iron - ore (Hematite)
328. iron - Wrought
329. Iron oxide pigment
330. Iron Pyrites
331. Iron sulphate - pickling tank - dry
332. Iron sulphate - pickling tank - wet
333. Isobutyl Alcohol
334. Iso-Octane
335. Isopropyl Alcohol
336. Isopropyl Myristate
337. Ivory
338. Kaolin - green crushed
339. Kaolin - pulverized
340. Kerosene
341. Lanthanum
342. Larch
343. Lead
344. Lead - red
345. Lead - white pigment
346. Leather
347. Light alloy based on Al
348. Light alloy based on Mg
349. Lignite - dry
350. Lignum Vitae
351. Lime - hydrated
352. Lime - quick - fine
353. Lime - quick - lump
354. Lime - stone - large
355. Lime - stone - lump
356. Lime - wet or mortar
357. Limestone - broken
358. Limestone - pulverized
359. Limestone - solid
360. Limonite - broken
361. Limonite - solid
362. Linolenic Acid
363. Linseed - meal
364. Linseed - whole
365. Linseed oil
366. Lithium
367. Locust - dry
368. lupins
369. magnesia brick
370. Magnesite - solid
371. Magnesium
372. Magnesium oxide
373. Magnesium sulphate - crystal
374. Magnetite - broken
375. Magnetite - solid ( iron ore )
376. Mahogany ( African )
377. Mahogany ( Honduras )
378. Malachite ( copper ore )
379. Malt
380. Manganese - solid
381. Manganese oxide
382. Manganin
383. Manure
384. Maple
385. Marble - broken
386. Marble - solid
387. Marl - wet - excavated
388. MEK
389. Mercury
390. Methane
391. Methanol
392. Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK)
393. Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
394. Methyl n-Propyl Ketone
395. Methyl t-Butyl Ether
396. Mica - broken
397. Mica - flake
398. Mica - powder
399. Mica - solid
400. milk
401. Milk - powdered
402. Molybdenum
403. Molybdenum ore
404. Monel
405. Mortar - wet
406. Mud - fluid
407. Mud - packed
408. muscle
409. N -N-Dimethylformamide
410. Naphtha
411. Naphtha - wood
412. Napthalene
413. n-Butyl Acetate
414. n-Butyl Alcohol
415. n-Butyl Chloride
416. Neodymium
417. Nichrome
418. Nickel
419. Nickel - rolled
420. Nickel 20
421. Nickel 200
422. Nickel ore
423. Nickel silver
424. Nickel silver
425. Nickeline
426. Nimonic
427. Niobium
428. Nitric acid - 91%
429. Nitrogen
430. N-Methylpyrrolidone
431. n-Propyl Alcohol
432. Nylon
433. Oak
434. Oak - red
435. Oats
436. Oats - rolled
437. Ocimene
438. Octane
439. o-Dichlorobenzene
440. Oil - petroleum
441. Oil cake
442. olive oil
443. Olive oil
444. Osmium
445. Oxygen
446. Oxygen (liquid)
447. Oyster shells - ground
448. Palladium
449. Palmitic Acid
450. Paper - standard
451. Peanuts - not shelled
452. Peanuts - shelled
453. Peat - dry
454. Peat - moist
455. Peat - wet
456. Pecan wood
457. Pentane
458. Pentane
459. Petroleum Ether
460. Phenol
461. Phosgene
462. Phosphate rock - broken
463. Phosphorus
464. Phytadiene
465. Pine ( Canadian )
466. Pine ( Oregon )
467. Pine ( Parana )
468. Pine ( Red )
469. Pinene
470. Pitch
471. Plaster
472. platinum
473. Platinum ore
474. Plutonium
475. Porcelain
476. Porphyry - broken
477. Porphyry - solid
478. Potash
479. Potassium chloride
480. Potatoes - white
481. Propane
482. Propane - R-290
483. Propanol
484. Propylene
485. Propylene Carbonate
486. Propylene glycol
487. Pumice - stone
488. Pyridine
489. Pyrite (fool's gold)
490. Pyrrole
491. Quartz - lump
492. Quartz - solid
493. Quartz sand
494. Rape seed oil
495. Redwood ( American )
496. Redwood ( European )
497. Resin - synthetic - crushed
498. Resorcinol
499. Rice - hulled
500. Rice - rough
501. Rice grits
502. Rip-Rap
503. Rock - loose shovel
504. Rosin
505. Rosin oil
506. Rubber - caoutchouc
507. Rubber - ground scrap
508. Rubber - manufactured
509. Rye
510. Sabiname
511. Salt - course
512. Salt - fine
513. Salt cake
514. Saltpeter
515. Sand - dry
516. Sand - loose
517. Sand - rammed
518. Sand - water filled
519. Sand - wet
520. Sand - wet - packed
521. Sand with Gravel - dry
522. Sand with Gravel - wet
523. Sandstone - broken
524. Sandstone - solid
525. Sawdust
526. Sewage - sludge
527. Shale - broken
528. Shale - solid
529. Shells - oyster
530. Silane
531. Silk
532. Silver
533. Sinter
534. Slag - broken
535. Slag - crushed
536. Slag - furn. granulated
537. Slag - solid
538. Slate - broken
539. Slate - pulverized
540. Slate - solid
541. Snow - compacted
542. Snow - freshly fallen
543. snow (depth hoar)
544. snow (firn granular)
545. snow (glacier ice)
546. snow (new damp)
547. snow (settled)
548. snow (very wet)
549. snow (wind packed)
550. Soap - chips
551. Soap - flakes
552. Soap - powdered
553. Soap - solid
554. Soapstone talc
555. Soda Ash - heavy
556. Soda Ash - light
557. Sodium
558. Sodium Aluminate - ground
559. Sodium Hydroxide 
560. Sodium Nitrate - ground
561. Solder 50/50 Pb Sn
562. Sorbaldehyde
563. Soy beans - whole
564. Soya bean oil
565. Spruce ( Canadian )
566. Spruce ( Sitka )
567. Starch - powdered
568. Stearic Acid
569. steel
570. steel - Stainlessÿ
571. Stone - crushed
572. Stone (common - generic)
573. Styrene
574. Sugar - brown
575. Sugar - granulated
576. Sugar - powdered
577. Sugar - raw cane
578. Sugar solution 68 brix
579. Sugarbeet pulp - dry
580. Sugarbeet pulp - wet
581. Sugarcane
582. Sulphur - lump
583. Sulphur - pulverized
584. Sulphur - solid
585. Sulphuric Acid 95% conc.
586. sun
587. Sunflower oil 
588. Sycamore
589. Taconite
590. Talc - broken
591. Talc - solid
592. Tanbark - ground
593. Tankage
594. Tar
595. Teak
596. Terpinene
597. Tetrahydrofuran
598. Tin
599. Titanium
600. Tobacco
601. Toluene
602. Trap rock - broken
603. Trap rock - solid
604. Triethylamine
605. Trifluoroacetic Acid
606. Tungsten
607. Turf
608. Turpentine
609. Uranium
610. Vanadium
611. Walnut - black - dry
612. water
613. Water - sea
614. Whale oil 
615. Wheat
616. Wheat - cracked
617. White metal
618. Willow
619. Wood chips - dry
620. Wool
621. Zinc
622. zinc - ore (Hemimorphite)
623. Zinc oxide
624. zinc - ore (Smithsonite )
625. Zirconium