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Bulk Densities

Use the following table to determine product bulk density (lb/ft³ or kg/m³).

Material Density (lb/ft³) Density (kg/m³)
Barley, flour 25 – 30 481
Barley, ground 25 – 30 400 – 481
Barley, kernal 35 – 40 641
Barley, malted 31 497
Bauxite, crushed 75 – 85 1362
Beans, caster 36 577
Beans, coffee 22 – 40 641
Beans, lima 45 721
Beans, navy 48
Beans, soy 45 – 47 721 – 753
Bentonite, lump 25 – 40 641
Bentonite, powder 50 – 60 801 – 901
Bicarbonate of soda 41
Bone meal 55 – 60 961
Borax 50 – 70 1121
Bran, oat 25
Bran, wheat 15 – 20 240 – 320
Brewers grain 27
Brewers grits 33 529
Buckwheat 34 – 42 545 – 673
Buckwheat flour 40
Calcium carbonate 75 1201
Cat food 20 – 25 400
Cement powder, portland 85 – 95 1522
Cement, clinker 75 – 90 1201 – 1442
Charcoal 15 – 30 240 – 481
Clay, bentonite 51 817
Clay, calcined 80
Clay, dicalite 20 – 50 320 – 801
Diatomacaous earth 11 – 14 224
Dirt, dry 65 – 80 1041 – 1281
Distillars grain 30
Dog food, IAMS minichunk 26 416
Dolomite, lump 88 – 99 1586
Dolomite, powdered 45 721
Feed pellets, animal 32 – 38 609
Feldspar, ground 65 – 70 1041 – 1121
Fertilizer, phosphate 60 961
Fish meal 25 – 40 641
Flax seed 40 – 45 641 – 721
Flour, barley 25 – 30 481
Flour, corn 30 – 34 481 – 545
Flour, patent 20
Flour, wheat 30 – 35 481 – 561
Glass bead 120
Glass cullett crushed 120 1922
Grass seed 10 – 35 561
Gravel 75 – 85 1201 – 1362
Gypsum, lump 90 – 100 1442 – 1602
Gypsum, powder 60 – 80 1281
Lime, hydreated 25 – 30 481
Lime, pebble 55 – 65 881 – 1041
Lime, quicklime 25 – 30 481
Molybdenum, floc 10 – 12 192
Monosodium phosphate 50 801
Muriate of potash 77
Mustard seed 45 721
Navy beans, dry 48
Oat flour 30 – 35 481 – 561
Oat hulls 8 – 12 192
Oat meal 35 – 40 561 – 641
Oat middlings 35 – 45 721
Oats 25 – 35 400 – 561
Oats, bran 25
Oats, ground 25 – 30 400 – 481
Oats, rolled 24
Oyster shells, ground 53 849
Peas, dry 45 – 50 801
Peat 25 – 50 400 – 801
Perlite, expanded 3
Potash 50 – 60 961
Potasium chloride 2 – 3 32 – 48
Potato flake 12
Potato starch 40 641
Pumice 40 – 45 721
Quartz, sand 80 – 100 1602
Rape seed 45 – 50 721 – 801
Rubber, ground 25 – 50 801
Rye 44 705
Rye, flour 30
Sand, damp 100
Sand, dry 80 – 100 1281 – 1602
Sand, loose 90 1442
Sand with gravel, dry 108 1650
Sand with gravel, wet 125 2020
Sand, rammed 105 1682
Sand, silica 95
Sand, water filled 120 1922
Sand, wet 120 1922
Sand, wet, packed 130 2082
Sandstone, crushed 80 – 95 1281 – 1522
Sawdust 4 – 12 192
Silica sand 95 1522
Soda ash 30 – 45 721
Sunflower seed 36 577
Talcum powder 4 – 62 993
Timothy seed 36
Vermiculite ore 80
Vermiculite, expanded 17 272
Walnut meats 25
Walnut shells, ground 40 – 45 641 – 721
Wheat bran 12
Wheat gluten 30 – 35 481 – 561
Wheat, craked 35 – 45 721
Wheat, flaked 7 – 10 112 – 160
Wheat, flour 30 – 35 561
Wheat, ground 40 641
Wheat, whole kernel 45 – 55 881
Wood shavings 3 – 10 160