COMMODITY & MATERIAL WEIGHTS

APPENDIX

Approximate Weights
Approximate Weights of Materials
Material
Andesite stone
Ashes
Asphalt
Asphaltum
Basalt rock
Brick, soft clay
Brick, hard clay
Brick, pressed
Brick, paving
Block, paving
Bluestone
Cement, natural
Cement, Portland
Cement, Portland, set
Cement, Rosendale
Cinders
Clay, dry
Clay, wet
Clay & gravel, dry
Coal, anthracite
Coal, bituminous
Coke
Concrete, cinders
Concrete, gravel
Concrete, limestone
Concrete, sandstone
Concrete, trap rock
Crushed stone
Earth, dry, loose
Earth, damp, loose
Earth, damp, packed
Earth & gravel, dry
Earth & gravel, wet
Earth & sand, dry

lbs. / cu. yd.

4,887
1,080
2,700
2,349
4,887
2,718
3,397
3,806
4,246
3,694
2,970
1,512
2,430
4,941
1,863
1,080
1,701
2,970
2,700
1,536
1,275
837
2,970
4,104
4,050
3,915
4,185
2,700
1,890
2,106
2,592
2,700
3,240
2,709

tons / cu. yd.

2.44
0.52
1.35
1.17
2.44
1.35
1.69
1.90
2.12
1.84
1.48
0.75
1.21
2.47
0.93
0.54
0.85
1.48
1.35
0.76
0.64
0.42
1.48
2.05
2.02
1.95
2.09
1.35
0.94
1.05
1.29
1.35
1.62
1.35

Material
Earth & sand, wet
Fire Brick
Fire Clay
Garbage
Gravel, dry
Gravel, out of water
Granite
Lime, quick, loose
Lime, quick, shaken
Limestone, solid
Limestone, loose
Marble, solid
Marble, loose
Mortar, set
Mud, dry
Mud, packed
Mud, wet
Pitch
Plaster of Paris
Powder, blasting
Quartz
Rubbish
Sand, dry, loose
Sand, wet
Sandstone
Slag, blank
Slag, screenings
Slag, machine
Slag, sand
Shale
Slate
Tar
Tile
Trap stone

lbs. / cu. yd.

3,240
3,915
3,510
1,150
2,970
1,620
4,536
1,431
1,485
4,536
2,592
4,455
2,592
2,781
2,430
3,105
2,916
1,863
2,646
1,682
4,374
199.8
2,619
3,186
4,023
1,890
2,700
2,592
1,485
4,374
4,725
1,674
2,970
5,849

tons / cu. td.

1.62
1.95
1.75
0.57
1.48
0.81
2.26
0.71
0.70
2.26
1.29
2.22
1.29
1.39
1.21
1.55
1.45
0.93
1.32
0.84
2.18
0.09
1.30
1.59
2.01
0.94
1.35
1.29
0.74
2.18
2.31
0.83
1.43
2.52

Steel & Aluminum Gauge, Thickness and Weight

Gauge

Thickness (inches)

Weight (lbs./ft2)

Steel
3/8
1/4 (approx. 3 Ga.)
3/16 (approx. 7 Ga.)
8 Ga.
9 Ga.
10 Ga.
11 Ga.
12 Ga.
13 Ga.
14 Ga.

0.375
0.250
0.188
0.164
0.149
0.134
0.120
0.105
0.090
0.075

15.320
10.200
7.650
6.875
6.250
5.625
5.000
4.375
3.750
3.125

0.375
0.250
0.188
0.156

5.18
3.53
2.65
2.25

Aluminum
3/8
1/4
3/16
5/32