MASS OF SOME COMMON MATERIALS (IS : 1911—1967)
Material Mass(Kg/m³)
1.0 Bituminous substances
Anthracite coal ... 1500
peat (dry) ... 560 to 640
Charcoal (light) ... 300
Coke ... 1000
Graphite ... 500
Crude oil ... 880
Pitch ... 1010
Coal tar ... 1010
2.0 Excavated material
Clay (dry, compact) ... 1440
Clay (damp, compact) ... 1760
Earth (dry) ... 1410 to 1840
Earth (moist) ... 1600 to 2000
Sand (dry) ... 1540 to 1600
Sand ... 1660 to 2000
3.0 Liquids
Alcohols ... 780
Gasoline ... 670
Ice ... 910
Nitric Acid 91% ... 1510
Sulphuric Acid 87% ... 1790
Vegetable oil ... 930
Water (Fresh) ... 1000
4.0 Building Materials
Bricks ... 1600 to 1920
Cement (ordinary) ... 1440
Chalk . .. 2240
Glass ... 2400 to 2700
lime stone ... 2400 to 2640
Sand stone ... 2240 to 2400
Steel ... 7850
Timber ... 650 to 720
5.0 Structural items, ceilings.
finishes etc.
Asbestos cement sheets ... 12 to 15.6
Brick masonry ... 1920
Brick wall, 100 mm thick ... 192
Bricks wall, 200 mm thick ... 384
Bricks wall, 300 mm thick ... 576
Cement plaster, 25 mm thick ... 52
Concrete, plain ... 2300
Concrete, reinforced ... 2400
Galvanised iron sheet.
0.56 mm thick ... 5
Galvanised iron sheet.
1.63 mm thick ... 13
Mangalore tiles with bettens ... 63
Dry' rubble masonry ... 2080