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Dry Bulk Material Characteristics
This table lists important properties of stored materials to help ensure proper tank design, safe handling, and efficient operation.
Material
Weight Lbs per Cu. Ft.
Acetylenogen (See Calcium Carbide)
Adipic Acid
45
Alfalfa Meal
14-22
Alfalfa Pellets
41-33
Alfalfa Seeds
10-15
Almends, Broken
27-30
Almends, Whole Shelled
28-30
Alum, Fine
45-50
Alum, Lumpy
50-60
Alumina
55-65
Alumina, Fines
35
Alumina, Seed or Briquette
65
Aluminate Gel (Aluminate Hydroxide)
45
Aluminum Chips, Dry
7-15
Aluminum Chips, Oily
7-15
Aluminum Hydrate
13-20
Aluminum Ore (See Bauxite)
Aluminum Oxide
60-120
Aluminum Silicate
49
Aluminum Sulfate
45-58
Amianthus (See Asbestos-Shredded)
Ammonium Chloride, Crystalline
45-52
Ammonium Nitrate
45-62
Ammonium Sulfate
45-58
Andalvsite (Aluminum Silicate)
49
Antimony Powder
Apple Pomace, Dry
15
Arsenate of Lead (See Lead Arsenate)
Arsenic Oxide (Arsenolite)
100-120
Arsenic Pulverized
30
Asbestos-Rock (Ore)
81
Asbestos-Shredded
20-40
Ash, Black, Ground
105
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Ashes, Coal - Dry - 1/2
35-45
Ashes, Coal - Dry - 3
35-40
Ashes, Coal - Wet - 1/2
45-50
Ashes, Coal - Wet - 3
45-50
Asphalt, Crushed - Y2
45
Bagasse, Dry
7-10
Bakelite, Fine
30-45
Baking Powder
40-55
Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
40-55
Barite (Barium Sulfate) + 1/2 - 3
120-180
Barite, Powder
120-180
Barium Carbonate
72
Bark, Wood, Refuse
10-20
Barley, Fine Ground
24-38
Barley, Malted
31
Barley, Meal
28
Barley, Whole
36-48
Baryte (See Barite)
Basalt
80-105
Bauxite, Dry, Ground
68
Bauxite, Crushed - 3"
75-80
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Beans, Castor
36
Beans, Castor, Meal
35-40
Beans, Navy - Dry
48
Beans, Navy - Steeped
60
Beans, Soy (See Soybeans)
Beet Pulp - Dry
11-16
Beet Pulp - Wet
25-45
Bentonite, Crude
34-40
Bentonite, -100 Mesh
50-60
Benzene Hexachloride
56
Bicarbonate of Soda
40-45
Blood, Dried
35-45
Blood, Ground, Dried
30
Bluestone (See Copper Sulfate)
Bone Ash (Tricalcium Phosphate)
40-50
Bone Black
20-25
Bone Char
27-40
Bones, Crushed
35-50
Bones, Ground
50
Bones, Whole
35-50
Bonemeal
50-60
Borate of Lime
60
Borax, Fine
45-55
Borax, Screening- 14
55-60
Borax, 1 1/2 - 2 Lump
55-60
Borax, 2-3 Lump
60-70
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Boric Acid, Fine
55
Boron
75
Bran, Rice-Rye-Wheat
16-20
Braunite (Manganese Oxide)
120
Bread Crumbs
20-25
Brewer's Grain, Spent- Dry
14-30
Brewer's Grain, Spent - Wet
55-60
Brick, Ground- V8
100-120
Bronze Chips
30-50
Buckwheat
37-42
Calcine, Flour
75-85
Calcium Carbide
70-90
Calcium Carbonate (See Limestone)
Calcium Fluoride (See Fluospar)
Calcium Hydrate (See Lime Hydrated)
Calcium Hydroxide (See Lime Hydrated)
Calcium Lactate
26-29
Calcium Magnesium Carbonate
90-100
Calcium Oxide (See Lime, Unflaked)
Calcium Phosphate
40-50
Calcium Sulfate (See Gypsum)
Carbon, Activated - Dry
8-20
Carbon Black - Fine
4-6
Carbon Black - Pelleted
20-40
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Carborundum
100
Casein
36
Cashew Nuts
32-37
Cast Iron, Chips
130-200
Caustic Soda
88
Caustic Soda, Flakes
47
Celite (Diatomaceous Earth)
11-17
Cement, Clinker
75-95
Cement, Mortar
133
Cement, Portland
94
Cement, Aerated (Portland)
60-75
Cerrusite (See Lead Carbonate)
Chalk, Crushed
75-95
Chalk, Pulverized
67-75
Charcoal, Ground
18-28
Charcoal, Lumps
18-28
Chips, Pulpwood
12-25
Chocolate, Cake Pressed
40-45
Chrome Ore
125-140
Cinders, Blast Furnace
57
Cinders, Coal
40
Clay, Ceramic- Dry
60-80
Clay, Calcined
80-100
Clay, Brick- Dry, Fine
100-120
Clay- Dry, Lumpy
60-75
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55-61
Clinker, Cement (See Cement, Clinker)
49-61
Coal, Anthracite (River & Culm)
40-60
Coal, Anthracite, - ½
45-50
Coal, Bituminous Mined
43-50
Coal, Bituminous, Mined, Sized
37-45
Coal, Bituminous, Mined, Slack
30-45
Coal, Lignite
35
Cocoa, Beans
30-35
Cocoa Nibs
20-22
Cocoa, Powdered
20
Coconut, Shredded
25-32
Coffee, Chaff
25
Coffee, Green Bean
35-45
Coffee, Ground Dry
20-30
Coffee, Ground Net
19
Coffee, Roasted Bean
25-35
Coffee, Soluble
23-35
Coke, Breeze
35-45
Coke, Loose
30-50
Coke, Calcined
85-120
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120-150
Compost
100-150
Concrete, Pre Mix Dry
60-70
Copper Ore
40-45
Copper Ore, Crushed
25-30
Copper Sulphate (Bluestone)
22
Copperas (See Ferrous Sulfate)
40-45
Copra Cake Ground
5-15
Copra, Cake Lumpy
12-15
Copra, Lumpy
40-50
Copra, Meal
17
Cork, Ground Fine
12-15
Cork, Granulated
56
Corn, Cracked
21
Corn Cobs, Ground
40-45
Corn Cobs, Whole
32-40
Corn Ear
25
Corn Germ
45
Corn/Grits
45
Cornmeal
30-35
Corn Oil, Cake
40-45
Corn Seed
40-45
Corn, Shelled
22-40
Corn Sugar
18-25
Cottonseed, Cake, Crushed
20-25
Cottonseed, Cake, Lumpy
12
Cottonseed - Dry, Delinted
25-30
Cottonseed - Dry, Undelinted
35-40
Cottonseed, Flakes
40
Cottonseed, Hulls
35-40
Cottonseed, Meal, Expeller
40-50
Cottonseed, Meal, Extracted
75-90
Cottonseed, Meats - Dry
90-110
Cottonseed, Meats - Rolled
80-120
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80-120
Cracklings, Crushed
11-17
Cryolite, Dust
40-50
Cryolite, Lumpy
25-31
Gullet, Fine
80-100
Gullet, Lump
90-100
Cupric Sulphate (See Copper Sulfate)
76
Diatomaceous Earth
63-70
Dicalcium Phosphate
16
Disodium Phosphate
40-50
Dolomite (Calcium Magnesium
65-80
Carbonate), Crushed
100
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