11.1: Appendix A- List of Solids Densities

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Table 15.1-1: Specific Gravities of many solids.
Product	Specific Gravity	Product	Specific Gravity
ABS, extrusion grade	1.05	Manganese	7.21 - 7.44
ABS, high impact	1.03	Manganese ore, pyrolusite	3.7 - 4.6
Acetal, 20% glass	1.55	Magnesium	1.738
Acetal, copolymer	1.41	Marble min.	2.6
Acetyl, homopolymer	1.41	Marble max.	2.86
Acrylic	1.19	Masonry	2.4
Alumina	3.4 - 3.6	Mercury	13.534
Aluminum min.	2.55	Mica	2.7
Aluminum max.	2.8	Mineral wool blanket	0.1
Aluminum Bronze	7.8	Molybdenum	10.22
Andesite, solid	2.8	Monel metal, rolled	8.97
Antimony	6.69	Mortar	1.5
Asbestos, cement board	1.4	Mullite beads	2.8
Asbestos, mill board	1	Neodymium	7
Asbestos, shredded	0.3 - 0.4	Nickel	8.9
Asbestos, rock	1.6	Niobium (Columbium)	8.57
Asphalt	1.1	Nylon 6 Cast	1.16
Asphaltum	1.4	Nylon 6/6, Cast	1.3
Azdel	1.19	Nylon 6/6, Extruded	1.14
Bakelite, solid	1.4	Nylon 60L, Cast	1.16
Bark	0.25	Oak, red	0.7
Barite	4.5	Osmium	22.57
Barium	3.62	Paper	0.9
Barium sulfate	4.5	Palladium	12.02
Basalt, broken	1.95	Paraffin wax	0.9
Basalt solid	3	PET, unfilled	1.36
Beeswax	0.95	Phenolics	1.38
Bentonite	2.4	Phosphorus	1.8
Beryllium	1.848	Plaster, light	0.7
Bismuth	9.79	Plaster, sand	1.8
Borax min.	1.7	Plaster of Paris	1.8
Borax min.	1.8	Plastics, foamed	0.2
Boron	2.32	Plastics, solid	1.2
Brass, cast rolled	8.4 - 8.7	Platinum	21.45
Brick, common red	1.75	Plutonium	19.84
Brick, fire clay (firebrick)	2.4	Polycarbonate	1.19
Brick, hard	2	Polyethylene, HD	0.97
Brickwork, in cement	1.8	Polyethylene, UHMW	0.94
Brickwork, in mortar	1.6	Polyethermide	1.27
Brickwood, in cement	1.8	Polyphenylene Sulfide	1.3
Brickwood, in mortar	1.6	Polymethylpentene	0.83
Bronze aluminum	7.7	Polymid, unfilled	1.41
Bronze phosphor	8.88	Polypropylene	0.91
Bronze, 7.9 - 14% Sn	7.4 - 8.9	Polysulfone	1.25
Cadmium	8.65	Polyurethane	1.05
Calcium	4.58	Porcelain	2.5
Calcium carbonate	2.7	Potassium	0.86
Carbon, solid	2.1	Praseodymium	6.77
Carbon, powdered	0.08	PTFE (teflon)	2.19
Cement	1.2 - 1.5	PVC	1.39
Cement, Portland (set)	3.1	PVDF	1.77
Cerium	6.77	Quartz min.	2.5
Cesium	1.873	Quartz max.	2.8
Chalk	2.3	Rhenium	21.02
Charcoal, wood	0.4	Rhodium	12.41
Chromium	7.19	Rubidium	1.532
Chromium dioxide (Cr203)	5.22	Ruthenium	12.45
Clay min.	1.8	Salt	2.2
Clay max.	2.6	Samarium	7.52
Coal, anthracite	1.5	Sand, silica	2.6
Coal, bitumious	1.2	Sand, Quartz	7
Coal, slag	2.7	Sandstone min.	2
Cobalt	8.71	Sandstone max.	2.6
Concrete, ligth	1.4	Sawdust	0.15
Concrete, stone	2.2	Selenium	4.28
Corkboard	0.2	Scandium	2.989
Copper	8.89	Serpentine min.	2.7
CPVC	1.55	Selenium	4.8
Diamond	3.51	Serpentine max.	2.8
Dolomite rock	2.9	Sialon	3.26
Dysprosium	8.55	Silica aerogel	0.11
Earth, dry	1.4	Silicon	2.33
Emery	4	Silicon carbide	3.1
Epoxy	1.8	Silicon nitride	3.2
Erbium	9.066	Silver	10.5
Europium	5.244	Silver, German	8.58
Ferrosilicon - 15%	6.7 - 7.1	Slate	2.8
Fiberboard, ligth	0.24	Soapstone	2.7
Fiber hardboard	1.1	Sodium	0.968
Fiber glass sheet	1.87	Steatite beads	2.6 - 2.7
Flint stones / pebbles	2.4 - 2.6	Steel, 440C stainless	7.7
Gadolinium	7.9	Steel, carbon	7.8
Gallium	5.91	Steel, chrome	7.8
Germanium	5.32	Steel, cold-drawn	7.83
German silver	8.58	Steel, machine	7.8
Germanium	5.32	Steel, cold-drawn	7.83
German silver	8.58	Steel, machine	7.8
Glass min.	2.4	Steel, tool	7.70 - 7.73
Glass max.	2.8	Strontium	2.64
Glass beads	2.5	Sulfur	2
Glass crystal min.	2.9	Talc min.	2.6
Glass crystal max.	3	Talc max.	2.8
Glass plate min.	2.45	Tantalium	16.69
Glass plate max.	2.72	Tar, bituminous	1.2
Gold, 22 carat fine1)	17.5	Tellurium min.	6
Gold, pure	19.32	Tellurium max.	6.24
Gold, US coin1)	17.18 - 17.2	Thallium	11.85
Granite min.	2.4	Thorium	11.7
Graphite	2.07	Thulium	9.32
Gypsum, solid	2.8	Tile	1.8
Gypsum, board	0.8	Tin	7.31
Hafnium	13.31	Tin ore, cassiterite	6.4 - 7.0
Hairfelt	0.1	63 Sn & 37 Pb	8.42
Hematite	5.2	10 Sn & 90 Pb	10.5
Holmium	8.795	Titanium	4.506
Hornblende	3	Titanium dioxide, Anatase	3.77
Ice (0oC, 32oF)	0.92	Trap rock	3
Ilmenite	4.5- 5.0	Tungsten	19.22
Indium	7.31	Tungsten carbide	14.29
Iodine	4.93	Uranium	18.8
Iridium min.	21.78	Vanadium	5.96
Iridium max.	22.42	Vermiculite	0.13
Iron cast min.	7.03	Vinyl ester	1.8
Iron cast max.	7.13	Water	1
Iron carbonate	3.9 +	White metal	7.3
Iron slag	2.7	Wood, balsa	0.16
Iron wrought min.	7.6	Wood, oak	0.7
Iron wrought max.	7.9	Wood, white pine	0.5
Lanthanum	6.17	Wood, felt	0.3
Leather, dry	0.9	Wood, loose	0.1
Limestone min.	2.1	Wool	1.32
Limestone max.	2.86	Ytterbium	6.97
Lead	11.35	Yttrium	4.47
Lead ore, galena	7.3 - 7.6	Zinc, cast-rolled	6.9 - 7.2
Lead oxide (yellow)	9.5 - 9.9	Zinc blend min	3.9
Leather	0.95	Zinc blend max	4.2
Limestone	2.6	Zinc min.	6.9
Lithium	0.53	Zinc max.	7.2
Lutetium	9.84	Zirconium	6.506
Magnesite	3	Zirconium silicate	3.85
Magnetite	3.2