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 |