Specific Gravity Table

Material - powder, ore, solids,

Barite, crushed

2883

Basalt, broken

1954

Basalt, solid

3011

kg/cu.m

Alfalfa, ground

256

Bauxite, crushed

1281

Alum, lumpy

881

Beans, castor

577

Alum, pulverized

753

Beans, cocoa

593

Alumina

961

Beans, navy

801

Aluminum, oxide

1522

Beans, soy

721

Ammonia gas

0.77

Beeswax

961

Ammonium Nitrate

730

Beets

721

Ammonium Sulphate - dry

1130

Bentonite

593

Ammonium Sulphate - wet

1290

Bicarbonate of soda

689

Andesite, solid

2771

Bismuth

9787

Antimony, cast

6696

Bones, pulverized

881

Apples

641

Borax, fine

849

Arsenic

5671

Bran

256

Asbestos - shredded

320- 400

Brewers grain

432

Asbestos rock

1600

Brick, common red

1922

Ashes - wet

730- 890

Brick, fire clay

2403

Ashes - dry

570- 650

Brick, silica

2050

Asphalt, crushed

721

Brick, chrome

2803

Babbitt

7272

Brick, magnesia

2563

Bagasse

120

Buckwheat

657

Bakelite, solid

1362

Butter

865

Baking powder

721

Cadmium

8650

Barium

3780

Calcium carbide

1201

Bark, wood refuse

240

Caliche

1442

Barley

609

Carbon, solid

2146

Carbon, powdered

80

Coal, Bituminous, solid

1346

Carbon dioxide

1.98

Coal, Bituminous, broken

833

Carbon monoxide

1.25

Cobaltite ( cobolt ore )

6295

Cardboard

689

Coconut, meal

513

Cement - clinker

1290-1540

Coconut, shredded

352

Cement, Portland

1506

Coffee, fresh beans

561

Cement, mortar

2162

Coffee, roast beans

432

Cement, slurry

1442

Coke

570- 650

Chalk, solid

2499

Concrete, Asphalt

2243

Chalk, lumpy

1442

Concrete, Gravel

2403

Chalk, fine

1121

2371

Charcoal

208

Concrete, Limestone with

Chloroform

1522

Copper ore

1940-2590

Chocolate, powder

641

Copper sulfate, ground

3604

Chromic acid, flake

1201

Copra, medium size

529

Chromium

6856

Copra, meal, ground

641

Chromium ore

2162

Copra, expeller cake ground

513

Cinders, furnace

913

Copra, expeller cake chopped

465

Cinders, Coal, ash

641

Cork, solid

240

Clay, dry excavated

1089

Cork, ground

160

Clay, wet excavated

1826

Corn, on the cob

721

Clay, dry lump

1073

Corn, shelled

721

Clay, fire

1362

Corn, grits

673

Clay, wet lump

1602

Cottonseed, dry, de-linted

561

Clay, compacted

1746

Cottonseed, dry, not de-linted

320

Clover seed

769

Cottonseed, cake, lumpy

673

Coal, Anthracite, solid

1506

Cottonseed, hulls

192

Coal, Anthracite, broken

1105

Cottonseed, meal

593

Cottonseed, meats

641

Fluorspar, pulverized

1442

Cottonwood

416

Fullers Earth - raw or burnt

570- 730

Cryolite

1602

Galena ( lead ore )

Cullet

1602

7400 7600

Culm

753

Garbage, household rubbish

481

Dolomite, solid

2899

Glass - broken or cullet

1290-1940

Dolomite, pulverized

737

Glass, window

2579

Dolomite, lumpy

1522

Glue, animal, flaked

561

Earth, loam, dry, excavated

1249

Glue, vegetable, powdered

641

Earth, moist, excavated

1442

Gluten, meal

625

Earth, wet, excavated

1602

Gneiss, bed in place

2867

Earth, dense

2002

Gneiss, broken

1858

Earth, soft loose mud

1730

Granite, solid

2691

Earth, packed

1522

Granite, broken

1650

Earth, Fullers, raw

673

Graphite, flake

641

Emery

4005

Grain - Maize

760

Ether

737

Grain - Barley

600

Feldspar, solid

2563

Grain - Millet

760- 800

Feldspar, pulverized

1233

Grain - Wheat

780- 800

Fertilizer, acid phosphate

961

Gravel, loose, dry

1522

Fish, scrap

721

Gravel, with sand, natural

1922

Fish, meal

593

Gravel, dry 1/4 to 2 inch

1682

Flaxseed, whole

721

Gravel, wet 1/4 to 2 inch

2002

Flint - silica

1390

Gummite ( uranium ore )

3890 6400

Flour, wheat

593

Gypsum, solid

2787

Flue dust

1450-2020

Gypsum, broken

1290-1600

Fluorspar, solid

3204

Gypsum, crushed

1602

Fluorspar, lumps

1602

Gypsum, pulverized

1121

Halite (salt), solid

2323

Lime, hydrated

481

Halite (salt), broken

1506

Lime, wet or mortar

1540

Hematite ( iron ore )

5095 5205

Limonite, solid

3796

Limonite, broken

2467

Hemimorphite ( zinc ore )

3395 3490

Limestone, solid

2611

Hydrochloric acid 40%

1201

Limestone, broken

1554

Ice, solid

919

Limestone, pulverized

1394

Ice, crushed

593

Linseed, whole

753

Ilmenite

2307

Linseed, meal

513

Iridium

22154

Locust, dry

705

Iron ore - crushed

2100-2900

Magnesite, solid

3011

Iron oxide pigment

400

Magnesium oxide

1940

Iron Pyrites

2400

Magnesium sulphate, crystal

1121

Iron sulphate - pickling tank dry

1200

Magnetite, solid ( iron ore )

5046

Magnetite, broken

3284

Iron sulphate - pickling tank wet

1290

Malachite ( copper ore )

3750 3960

Ivory

1842

Malt

336

Kaolin, green crushed

1025

Manganese, solid

7609

Kaolin, pulverized

352

Manganese oxide

1922

Lead, rolledtd>

11389

Manure

400

Lead, red

3684

Marble, solid

2563

Lead, white pigment

4085

Marble, broken

1570

Leather

945

Marl, wet, excavated

2243

Lignite, dry

801

Mica, solid

2883

Lime, quick, lump

849

Mica, broken

1602

Lime, quick, fine

1201

Mica - flake

520

Lime, stone, large

2691

Mica - powder

986

Lime, stone, lump

1538

Milk, powdered

449

Plaster

849

Molybdenum ore

1600

Platinum ore

2600

Mortar, wet

2403

Porcelain

2403

Mud, packed

1906

Porphyry, solid

2547

Mud, fluid

1730

Porphyry, broken

1650

Nickel ore

1600

Potash

1281

Nickel, rolled

8666

Potassium chloride

2002

Nickel silver

8442

Potatoes, white

769

Nitric acid, 91%

1506

Pumice, stone

641

Nitrogen

1.26

Pyrite (fool's gold)

Oak, red

705

2400 5015

Oats

432

Quartz, solid

2643

Oats, rolled

304

Quartz, lump

1554

Oil cake

785

Quartz sand

1201

Oil, linseed

942

Resin, synthetic, crushed

561

Oil, petroleum

881

Rice, hulled

753

Oxygen

1.43

Rice, rough

577

Oyster shells, ground

849

Rice grits

689

Paper, standard

1201

Rip-Rap

1602

Peanuts, shelled

641

Rock - soft - excavated with

1600-1780

Peanuts, not shelled

272

Rosin

1073

Peat, dry

400

Rubber, caoutchouc

945

Peat, moist

801

Rubber, manufactured

1522

Peat, wet

1121

Rubber, ground scrap

481

Pecan wood

753

Rye

705

Phosphate rock, broken

1762

Salt cake

1442

Phosphorus

2339

Salt, course

801

Pitch

1153

Salt, fine

1201

Saltpeter

1201

Soap, chips

160

Sand, wet

1922

Soap, flakes

160

Sand, wet, packed

2082

Soap, powdered

368

Sand, dry

1602

Soapstone talc

2400

Sand, loose

1442

Soda Ash, heavy

1080

Sand, rammed

1682

Soda Ash, light

432

Sand, water filled

1922

Sodium

977

Sand with Gravel, dry

1650

Sodium Aluminate, ground

1153

Sand with Gravel, wet

2020

Sodium Nitrate, ground

1201

Sandstone, solid

2323

Soy beans, whole

753

Sandstone, broken

1370-1450

Starch, powdered

561

Sawdust

210

Stone, crushed

1602

Sewage, sludge

721

Stone (common, generic)

2515

Shale, solid

2675

Sugar, brown

721

Shale, broken

1586

Sugar, powdered

801

Shells - oyster

800

Sugar, granulated

849

Sinter

1600-2180

Sugar, raw cane

961

Slag, solid

2114

Sugarbeet pulp, dry

208

Slag, broken

1762

Sugarbeet pulp, wet

561

Slag, crushed, 1/4 inch

1185

Sugarcane

272

Slag, furn. granulated

961

Sulphur, solid

2002

Slate, solid

2691

Sulphur, lump

1314

Slate, broken

1290-1450

Sulphur, pulverized

961

Slate, pulverized

1362

Taconite

2803

Smithsonite ( zinc ore )

4300

Talc, solid

2691

Snow, freshly fallen

160

Talc, broken

1746

Snow, compacted

481

Tanbark, ground

881

Soap, solid

801

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, seatd>

1026

Wheat

769

Wheat, cracked

673

Wood chips - dry

240- 520

Wool

1314

Zinc oxide

400