Specific Gravity
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Material | Specific Gravity | Temperature |
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1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane | 1.558 | 25 °C |
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 1.444 | 20 °C |
1,4-Dioxane | 1.005 | 20 °C |
1-Butene (Butylene) - C4H8 | 1.94 | |
2-Methoxyethanol | 0.930 | 20 °C |
ABS, extrusion grade | 1.05 | |
ABS, high impact | 1.03 | |
Acetic Acid | 1.022 | 25 °C |
Acetone | 0.724 | 25 °C |
Acetonitrile | 0.722 | 20 °C |
Acetylene, liquid | 0.38 | |
Adipic acid | 0.72 | |
Air | 1 | |
Alcohol, ethyl | 0.726 | 25 °C |
Alcohol, methyl | 0.728 | 25 °C |
Alcohol, propyl | 0.743 | 25 °C |
Alumina | 3.4 - 3.6 | |
Aluminum Bronze (3-10% Al) | 7.7-8.7 | |
Aluminum foil | 2.7 - 2.75 | |
Aluminum, cast-hammered | 2.55 - 2.80 | |
Aluminum, melted | 2.56 - 2.7 | |
Ammonia - NH3 | 0.59 | |
Ammonia (aqua) | 0.774 | 25 °C |
Aniline | 0.987 | 25 °C |
Antimony | 6.69 | |
Argon - Ar | 1.38 | |
Arsine | 2.69 | |
Asphalt | 1.1 | |
Automobile oils | 0.880 - 0.940 | 15 °C |
Bakelite, solid | 1.4 | |
Barite | 4.5 | |
Barium | 3.62 | |
Barium sulfate | 4.5 | |
Basalt solid | 3 | |
Basalt, broken | 1.95 | |
Beeswax | 0.95 | |
Bentonite | 2.4 | |
Benzene - C6H6 | 0.826 | 25 °C |
Benzil | 1.054 | 25 °C |
Beryllium | 1.848 | |
Beryllium copper | 8.1 - 8.25 | |
Bismuth | 9.79 | |
Blast Furnace gas | 1.02 | |
Borax | 1.7 | |
Boron | 2.32 | |
Brass, cast rolled | 8.4 - 8.7 | |
Brass, cast-rolled | 8.4 - 8.7 | |
Brick, common red | 1.75 | |
Brick, fire clay (firebrick) | 2.4 | |
Brick, hard | 2 | |
Brine | 1.212 | 15 °C |
Bromine | 3.117 | 25 °C |
Bronze, 7.9 - 14% Sn | 7.4 - 8.9 | |
Bronze, aluminum | 7.7 | |
Bronze, phosphor | 8.88 | |
Butadiene - C4H6 | 1.87 | |
Butane - C4H10 | 0.547 | 25 °C |
Butyric Acid | 0.924 | 20 °C |
Cadmium | 8.65 | |
Calcium | 4.58 | |
Calcium carbonate | 2.7 | |
Caproic acid | 0.880 | 25 °C |
Carbolic acid | 0.920 | 15 °C |
Carbon | 2.26 | |
Carbon dioxide | 1.5189 | |
Carbon disulfide | 1.247 | 25 °C |
Carbon monoxide | 0.9667 | |
Carbon tetrachloride | 1.580 | 25 °C |
Carbon, powdered | 0.08 | |
Carbon, solid | 2.1 | |
Carbureted Water Gas | 0.63 | |
Carene | 0.808 | 25 °C |
Castor oil | 0.919 | 25 °C |
Cement | 1.2 - 1.5 | |
Cerium | 6.77 | |
Cesium | 1.873 | |
Cetylene (Ethyne) - C2H2 | 0.9 | |
Chalk | 2 | |
Charcoal, wood | 0.4 | |
Chlorine | 1.552 | 25 °C |
Chlorobenzene | 1.083 | 20 °C |
Chloroform | 1.480 | 20 °C |
Chromium | 7.19 | |
Chromium dioxide (Cr203) | 5.22 | |
Chromium Oxide - CrO2 | 4.9 | |
Citric acid | 1.656 | 25 °C |
Clay max. | 1.8 - 2.6 | |
Coal, anthracite | 1.5 | |
Coal, bitumious | 1.2 | |
Coal, slag | 2.7 | |
Cobalt | 8.71 | |
Coconut oil | 0.884 | 15 °C |
Concrete, ligth | 1.4 - 2.2 | |
Copper | 8.89 | |
Copper, cast-rolled | 8.8 - 8.95 | |
Cotton seed oil | 0.886 | 15 °C |
CPVC | 1.55 | |
Creosote | 1.040 | 15 °C |
Cresol | 0.993 | 25 °C |
Crude oil | 7.9 - 9.7 | 60 °F |
Cumene | 0.812 | 25 °C |
Cupronickel | 8.94 | |
Cyclobutane | 1.938 | |
Cyclohexane | 0.718 | 20 °C |
Cyclopentane | 0.686 | 20 °C |
Cyclopropane | 1.451 | |
Decane | 0.726 | 25 °C |
Deuterium - D2 | 0.07 | |
Diamond | 3.51 | |
Dichloromethane | 1.315 | 20 °C |
Diesel fuel oil 20 to 60 | 0.820 - 0.950 | 15 °C |
Diethyl ether | 0.656 | 20 °C |
Diethylene glycol | 1.098 | 15 °C |
Dimethyl Acetamide | 0.904 | 20 °C |
Dimethyl Sulfoxide | 1.077 | 20 °C |
Dodecane | 0.695 | 25 °C |
Dysprosium | 8.55 | |
Epoxy | 1.8 | |
Erbium | 9.066 | |
Ethane - C2H6 | 0.520 | -89 °C |
Ether | 0.066 | 25 °C |
Ethyl Acetate | 0.859 | 20 °C |
Ethyl Alcohol | 0.731 | 20 °C |
Ethyl Chloride - C2H5Cl | 2.23 | |
Ethyl Ether | 0.654 | 20 °C |
Ethylamine | 0.623 | 16 °C |
Ethylene (Ethene) - C2H4 | 0.9683 | |
Ethylene Dichloride | 1.237 | 20 °C |
Ethylene Glycol | 1.072 | 25 °C |
Europium | 5.244 | |
Ferrosilicon | 6.7 - 7.1 | |
Formaldehyde | 0.761 | 45 °C |
Formic acid 10% | 10.25 | 20 °C |
Formic acid 80% | 1.202 | 20 °C |
Freon - 11 | 1.49 | 21 °C |
Freon - 12 | 1.31 | 25 °C |
Freon - 21 | 1.37 | 21 °C |
Fuel oil | 0.845 | 60 °F |
Furfural | 1.135 | 25 °C |
Gadolinium | 7.9 | |
Gallium | 5.91 | |
Gasoline, Natural | 0.713 | 60 °F |
Gasoline, Vehicle | 0.739 | 60 °F |
German Silver | 8.58 | |
Germanium | 5.32 | |
Glass | 2.4 - 2.8 | |
Glass beads | 2.5 | |
Glass, crystal | 2.9 - 3 | |
Glucose | 1.35 - 1.44 | 60 °F |
Glycerin | 1.244 | 25 °C |
Glycerol | 1.105 | 25 °C |
Gold, 22 carat fine | 17.5 | |
Gold, cast-hammered | 19.25 - 19.35 | |
Gold, pure | 19.32 | |
Gold, US coin | 17.18 - 17.2 | |
Granite min. | 2.4 | |
Graphite | 2.07 | |
Gypsum, board | 0.8 | |
Gypsum, solid | 2.8 | |
Hafnium | 13.31 | |
Hastelloy | 9.245 | |
Helium - He | 0.138 | |
Hematite | 5.2 | |
Heptane | 0.622 | 25 °C |
Hexane (Liquid) | 0.657 | 25 °C |
Hexanol | 0.759 | 25 °C |
Hexene | 0.614 | 25 °C |
Holmium | 8.795 | |
Hydrazine | 0.737 | 25 °C |
Hydrogen | 0.0696 | |
Hydrogen Chloride - HCl | 1.268 | |
Hydrogen Sulfide - H2S | 1.1763 | |
Ice | 0.92 | 0 °C |
Ilmenite | 4.5- 5.0 | |
Incoloy | 8.027 | |
Inconel | 8.497 | |
Indium | 7.31 | |
Iodine | 4.927 | 25 °C |
Ionene | 0.894 | 25 °C |
Iridium | 2.17 - 2.24 | |
Iron carbonate | 3.9 + | |
Iron slag | 2.7 | |
Iron, cast | 7.03 - 7.13 | |
Iron, cast, pig | 7.2 | |
Iron, gray cast | 7.03 - 7.13 | |
Iron, wrought | 7.6 - 7.9 | |
Isobutane | 2.01 | |
Isobutyl Alcohol | 0.746 | 20 °C |
Iso-Octane | 0.634 | 20 °C |
Isopentane | 2.48 | |
Isopropyl Alcohol | 0.727 | 20 °C |
Isopropyl Myristate | 0.803 | 20 °C |
Kerosene | 0.767 | 60 °F |
Krypton | 2.89 | |
Lanthanum | 6.17 | |
Lead | 11.35 | |
Lead oxide (yellow) | 9.5 - 9.9 | |
Limestone | 2.2 - 2.86 | |
Linolenic Acid | 0.856 | 25 °C |
Linseed oil | 0.890 | 25 °C |
Lithium | 0.53 | |
Lutetium | 9.84 | |
Magnesite | 3 | |
Magnesium | 1.738 | |
Magnetite | 3.2 | |
Manganese | 7.21 - 7.44 | |
Manganese Bronze | 8.359 | |
Marble | 2.6 - 2.86 | |
Mercury (Liquid) | 13.633 | |
Mercury (Solid) | 13.534 | |
Methane - CH4 | 0.4645 | -164 °C |
Methanol | 0.7913 | 20 °C |
Methyl Chloride | 1.74 | |
Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) | 0.752 | 20 °C |
Methyl Isoamyl Ketone | 0.843 | 20 °C |
Methyl Isobutyl Ketone | 0.745 | 20 °C |
Methyl n-Propyl Ketone | 0.755 | 20 °C |
Methyl t-Butyl Ether | 0.681 | 20 °C |
Mica | 2.7 | |
Milk | 1.02 - 1.05 | 15 °C |
Molybdenum | 10.22 | |
Monel | 0.0836 -0.0884 | |
Monel, rolled | 8.97 | |
Mortar | 1.5 | |
Mullite beads | 2.8 | |
N,N-Dimethylformamide | 0.911 | 20 °C |
Naphtha, Petroleum Naphtha | 0.665 | 15 °C |
Napthalene | 0.770 | 25 °C |
Natural Gas (typical) | 0.60 - 0.70 | |
n-Butyl Acetate | 0.832 | 20 °C |
n-Butyl Alcohol | 0.757 | 20 °C |
n-Butyl Chloride | 0.840 | 20 °C |
Neodymium | 7 | |
Neon | 0.697 | |
Nickel | 8.9 | |
Nickel Silver | 8.4 - 8.9 | |
Niobium | 8.57 | |
Nitric oxide - NO | 1.037 | |
Nitrogen - N2 (atmospheric) | 0.9723 | |
Nitrogen - N2 (pure) | 0.9669 | |
Nitrous oxide - N2O | 1.53 | |
N-Methylpyrrolidone | 1.001 | 20 °C |
Nonane | 4.428 | |
Nonanol | 0.823 | |
n-Propyl Alcohol | 0.749 | 20 °C |
Nylon 6 Cast | 1.16 | |
Ocimene | 0.741 | 25 °C |
Octane (Gas) | 3.944 | |
Octane (Liquid) | 0.701 | |
o-Dichlorobenzene | 1.294 | 20 °C |
Oil, Castor | 0.959 | |
Olive oil | 0.800 - 0.920 | 20 °C |
Osmium | 22.57 | |
Oxygen (liquid) | 1.14 | -183 °C |
o-Xylene | 0.834 | 20 °C |
Ozone | 1.66 | |
Palladium | 12.02 | |
Palmitic Acid | 0.800 | 25 °C |
Paper | 0.9 | |
Paraffin wax | 0.9 | |
Pentane | 0.626 | 20 °C |
Petroleum Ether | 0.584 | 20 °C |
Phenol | 1.046 | 25 °C |
Phosgene | 1.3776 | 0 °C |
Phosphorus | 1.8 | |
Plastics, foamed | 0.2 | |
Plastics, solid | 1.2 | |
Platinum | 21.45 | |
Plutonium | 19.84 | |
Polycarbonate | 1.19 | |
Polyethylene, HD | 0.97 | |
Polyethylene, UHMW | 0.94 | |
Polypropylene | 0.91 | |
Porcelain | 2.5 | |
Potassium | 0.86 | |
Praseodymium | 6.77 | |
Propane, R-290 | 0.449 | 25 °C |
Propanol | 0.750 | 25 °C |
Propylene | 0.514 | 25 °C |
Propylene Carbonate | 1.181 | 20 °C |
Propylene Glycol | 0.932 | 25 °C |
PTFE (Teflon) | 2.19 | |
Pyridine | 0.947 | 25 °C |
Pyrrole | 0.933 | 25 °C |
Quartz | 2.5 - 2.8 | |
Quartz sand | 7 | |
Rapeseed oil | 0.878 | 20 °C |
Resorcinol | 1.256 | 25 °C |
Rhenium | 21.02 | |
Rhodium | 12.41 | |
Rosin oil | 0.949 | 15 °C |
Rubidium | 1.532 | |
Ruthenium | 12.45 | |
Samarium | 7.52 | |
Sand, Quartz | 7 | |
Sand, Silica | 2.6 | |
Scandium | 2.989 | |
Sea water | 0.995 | 25 °C |
Selenium | 4.8 | |
Selenium (Vitreous) | 4.28 | |
Sialon | 3.26 | |
Silane (Gas) | 1.11 | |
Silane (Liquid) | 0.7176 | 25 °C |
Silicon | 2.33 | |
Silicon Carbide | 3.1 | |
Silicon Nitride | 3.2 | |
Silver | 10.4 - 10.6 | |
Sodium | 0.968 | |
Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda) | 1.233 | 15 °C |
Solder 10 Sn 90 Pb | 10.5 | |
Solder 5 Sn 95 Pb | 11 | |
Solder 50 Sn 50 Pb | 8.89 | |
Solder 50/50 Pb Sn | 8.885 | |
Solder 60 Sn 40 Pb | 8.52 | |
Solder 63 Sn 37 Pb | 8.42 | |
Solder 90 Sn 10 Pb | 7.54 | |
Sorbaldehyde | 0.852 | 25 °C |
Soybean oil | 9.24 - 9.28 | 15 °C |
Stearic Acid | 0.847 | 25 °C |
Steel, 440C stainless | 7.7 | |
Steel, carbon | 7.8 | |
Steel, chrome | 7.8 | |
Steel, cold-drawn | 7.83 | |
Steel, machine | 7.8 | |
Steel, tool | 7.70 - 7.73 | |
Strontium | 2.64 | |
Styrene | 0.90344 | 25 °C |
Sulfur | 2 | |
Sulfur Dioxide - SO2 | 2.264 | |
Sulphuric Acid 95% | 1.839 | 20 °C |
Sunflower oil | 0.92 | 20 °C |
Tantalum | 16.69 | |
Tellurium | 6.24 | |
Terbium | 8.27 | |
Tetrahydrofuran | 0.888 | 20 °C |
Thallium | 11.85 | |
Thulium | 9.32 | |
Tin | 7.31 | |
Titanium | 4.506 | |
Titanium dioxide, Anatase | 3.77 | |
Toluene | 0.8669 | 20 °C |
Toluene-Methylbenzene | 3.1082 | |
Triethylamine | 0.7276 | 20 °C |
Trifluoroacetic Acid | 0.1489 | 20 °C |
Tungsten | 19.22 | |
Tungsten Carbide | 14.29 | |
Turpentine | 0.820 | 25 °C |
Uranium | 18.8 | |
Vanadium | 5.96 | |
Water | 1 | |
Water Gas (bituminous) | 0.71 | |
Water Vapor | 0.6218 | |
White metal | 7.3 | |
Wood | 0.701 | |
Xenon | 4.53 | |
Ytterbium | 6.97 | |
Yttrium | 4.47 | |
Zinc | 7.135 | |
Zinc, cast-rolled | 6.9 - 7.2 | |
Zirconia, MgO stabilized | 5.4 | |
Zirconia, REO stabilized | 6.1 | |
Zirconia, Yttria stabilized | 6 | |
Zirconium | 6.506 | |
Zirconium Silicate | 3.85 | 20°C |