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Weight Chart for Non-Living Substances


Miscellaneous Metal Wood Stone

Substance kg/m3 lbs/ft3 Substance kg/m3 lbs/ft3 Substance kg/m3 lbs/ft3 Substance kg/m3 lbs/ft3
Asbestos 2,800 175 Aluminium 2,720 170 Apple 825 52 Agate 2700 169
Beeswax 950 59 Brass: - Red 8,720 545 Ash 850 53 Alabaster 2775 173
Bone 2,000 125 - Yellow 8,480 530 Balsa 125 8 Amber 1100 69
Butter 875 55 - Forging 8,400 525 Bamboo 400 25 Beryl 2700 169
Camphor 1,000 62 Bronze 8,800 550 Cedar 550 34 Biotite 3050 191
Charcoal 550 34 Copper 8,960 560 Ebony 1,200 75 Brick 1600 100
Clay 2,600 162 Gold 19,280 1,205 Lignum-vitae 1,325 83 Calamine 4475 280
Cork 225 14 Iron - Pure 7,840 490 Mahogany 650 41 Cement 3000 188
Glass 2,800 175 - Wrought 7,680 480 Oak 900 56 Chalk 2000 125
Gum Arabic 1,400 87 - Cast (grey) 7,120 445 Pine, white 500 31 Cinnabar 8100 506
Ice 925 58 - Malleable 7,200 450 Pine, yellow 600 37 Coal 1400 87
Ivory 1,925 120 Lead 11,360 710 Teak, Indian 875 55 Coke 1000 62
Leather (dry) 875 55 Magnesium 1,760 110 Teak, African 975 61 Diamond 3200 200
Ochre 3,500 219 Mercury 13,520 845 Willow 600 37 Dolomite 2825 176
Paper 950 59 Nickel 8,880 555 Note: These figures are for Feldspar 2650 166
Paraffin 900 56 Platinum 21,440 1,340 seasoned wood only. Green Flint 2625 164
Pitch 1,075 67 Silver 10,480 655 wood will be substantially Galena 7450 466
heavier due to its water
Porcelain 2,400 150 Silver, Garnet 3675 230
10,320 645 content.
Rock salt 2,175 136 Sterling Granite 2725 170
Rubber, hard 1,200 75 Steel - Cold rolled 8,000 500 Wood heavier than 1,000 Haematite 5125 320
Rubber, soft 1,100 69 - Carbon 7,760 485 kg/m3 will not float in water. Magnetite 5125 320
Sugar 1,600 100 - Tungsten 8,080 505 Malachite 4000 250
Wax (paraffin) 1,800 112 - Stainless 8,000 500 Marble 2725 170
Tin - Pure 7,280 455 Opal 2200 137
- Soft solder 8,400 525 Pyrite 4950 309
- White Metal 7,264 454 Quartz 2650 166
- Pewter 7,264 454 Sandstone 2250 141
- Tin Babbit 7,520 470 Soapstone 2725 170
Titanium 4,480 280 Topaz 3525 220
Tungsten 19,280 1,205
Zinc 7,120 445

Note:
The weights given in these tables are necessarily approximate; variation within a class of substance can be large. I have taken an average weight per cubic metre
for a given substance and rounded it to the nearest 25 kilograms. The exception is the Metals table, since there is seldom much variation in weight between
different batches of the same metal I have given the weight per cubic metre reasonably accurately.

Weights in lbs/ft3 have been calculated at 1/16 kg/m3 and rounded out to the nearest pound, which should be accurate enough for roleplaying purposes.

Of course, the chances of ever having to calculate the weight of something like diamond in anything like cubic feet or metres are vanishingly small, but you just
never know.........

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