Density of Common Engineering Materials

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Density of Common Engineering Materials

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Density of Common Engineering Materials and Metals

Density is defined as the mass per volume.

Equation
ρ = m / V

Where

m = mass given in grams g, kg, lbs, etc.
V = volume of mass considered, cm³, kg/m³, lb/in³, etc.

Conversion of density - see "Unit Converter" on left side of this web page.

Metal Density Table
Density of Various Metals	Density, g/cm³	Density, kg/m³	Density, lb/in³	Density, lb/ft³
Carbon Steel	7.81	7,810	0.282	487.29
Cast iron, gray	7.20	7,200	0.260	448.28
Density of Mild Steel	7.85	7,850	0.284	490
Density of Medium carbon steel	7.83	7,830	0.283	489
Density of High carbon steel	7.81	7,810	0.282	488
Density of Iron	7.87	7,870	0.284	491
Density of Stainless steel	7.7-8.0	7,700-8,000	0.278-0.289	481-499
Density of Aluminum	2.70	2,700	0.098	169
Density of Copper	8.00	8,000	0.323	557.5
Density of Brass	8.50-8.80	8,500-8,800	0.307-0.318	531-499
Gold	19.30	19,302	0.697	1205
Silver	10.49	10,490	0.379	655
Lead	11.34	11,340	0.410	708
Density of Nickel	8.90	8,902	0.322	556
Chromium	7.19	7,190	0.260	449
Antimony	6.70	6,697	0.242	418
Arsenic	5.78	5,778	0.209	361
Barium	3.5	3,500	0.126	218.5
Beryllium	1.85	1,848	0.067	115
Bismuth	9.81	9,808	0.354	612
Boron	2.45	2,450	0.089	153
Brass	7.75	7,750	0.309	673.92
Density of Cadmium	8.64	8,642	0.312	540
Calcium	1.55	1,550	0.056	97
Carbon (graphite)	2.25	2,250	0.081	140.5
Cerium	8.16	8,160	0.295	509
Cesium	1.90	1,903	0.069	119
Cobalt	8.83	8,832	0.319	551
Dysprosium	8.55	8,551	0.309	534
Erbium	9.07	9,066	0.328	566
Europium	5.24	5,244	0.189	327
Gadolinium	7.90	7,901	0.285	493
Gallium	5.91	5,907	0.213	369
Germanium	5.32	5,323	0.192	332
Hafnium	13.31	13,310	0.481	831
Holmium	8.795	8,795	0.318	549
Inconel	8.42	8,420	0.307	639.36
Indium	7.3	7,300	0.264	456
Iridium	22.562	22,562	0.815	1409
Lanthanum	6.15	6,146	0.222	384
Lithium	0.533	533	0.019	33.3
Lutetium	9.84	9,841	0.356	614
Density of Magnesium	1.74	1,738	0.063	108.5
Density of Manganese	7.43	7,430	0.268	464
Density of Mercury	13.55	13,546	0.489	846
Molybdenum	10.22	10,220	0.369	638
Neodymium	7.01	7,008	0.253	438
Niobium	8.57	8,570	0.310	535
Osmium	22.587	22,587	0.816	1410
Palladium	12.02	12,020	0.434	750
Phosphorus (white)	1.83	1,830	0.066	114
Density of Platinum	21.45	21,450	0.775	1339
Plutonium	19.86	19,860	0.717	1240
Potassium	0.855	855	0.031	53
Praseodymium	6.773	6,773	0.245	423
Promethium	7.264	7,264	0.262	453
Protactinium	15.43	15,430	0.557	963
Rhenium	21.02	21,020	0.759	1312
Rhodium	12.41	12,410	0.448	775
Rubidium	1.532	1,532	0.055	96
Ruthenium	12.45	12,450	0.450	777
Samarium	7.52	7,520	0.272	469.5
Scandium	2.99	2,989	0.108	187
Selenium	4.81	4,809	0.174	300
Silicon	2.33	2,329	0.084	145
Sodium	0.97	967	0.035	60
Density of Stainless steel	7.75	7750	0.280	483.84
Strontium	2.6	2,600	0.094	162
Tantalum	16.6	16,600	0.600	1036
Technetium	11.5	11,500	0.415	718
Tellurium	6.24	6,237	0.225	389
Terbium	8.23	8,230	0.297	514
Thallium	11.87	11,872	0.429	741
Thorium	11.8	11,800	0.426	737
Thulium	9.32	9,321	0.337	582
Density of Tin	5.765	5,765	0.208	360
Titanium	4.51	4,507	0.163	281
Tungsten	19.25	19,254	0.696	1202
Uranium	19.05	19,050	0.688	1189
Vanadium	6.16	6,160	0.223	385
Ytterbium	6.90	6,903	0.249	431
Yttrium	4.47	4,469	0.161	279
Zinc	7.13	7,133	0.258	445
Zirconium	6.51	6,505	0.235	406

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