SPECIFIC GRAVITY

Material	Specific Gravity	Temperature
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

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