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Densities of materials

metal g/cm^3 lb/in^3 lb/ft^3   lb/gal 


water 1.00  0.036  62 8.35 
aluminum 2.70 0.098 169 22.53
zinc 7.13 0.258 445 59.50
iron 7.87 0.284 491 65.68
copper 8.96 0.324 559 74.78
silver 10.49 0.379 655 87.54
lead 11.36 0.410 709 94.80
mercury 13.55 0.490 846 113.08
gold 19.32 0.698 1206 161.23

Densities of various materials http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density

Further information: Orders of magnitude (density)


Material ρ in kg/m3 Notes
−25 −15
Interstellar medium 10 − 10 Assuming 90% H, 10% He; variable T
Earth's atmosphere 1.2 At sea level
Aerogel 1−2
Styrofoam 30 − 120[6]
Cork 220 − 260[6]
Ice 916.7
Water (fresh) 1000 At STP
Water (salt) 1030
Plastics 850 − 1400 For polypropylene and PETE/PVC
[7][8]
Glycerol 1261
The Earth 5515.3 Mean density
Iron 7874 Near room temperature
Copper 8920 − 8960 Near room temperature
Silver 10490 Near room temperature
Lead 11340 Near room temperature
The Inner Core of the
~13000 As listed in Earth
Earth
Uranium 19100 Near room temperature
Tungsten 19250 Near room temperature
Gold 19300 Near room temperature
Platinum 21450 Near room temperature
Iridium 22500 Near room temperature
Osmium 22610 Near room temperature
The core of the Sun ~150000
White dwarf star 1 × 109[9]
Atomic nuclei 2.3 × 1017 [10] Does not depend strongly on size of nucleus
8.4 × 1016 − 1 ×
Neutron star
1018
Mean density inside the Schwarzschild radius of an Earth-
Black hole 4 × 1017
mass black hole (theoretical)

Titanium Density (near r.t.) 4.506 g·cm−3

Nickel Density (near r.t.) 8.908 g·cm−3

Cobalt Density (near r.t.) 8.90 g·cm−3

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