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Material density Repose density Repose density Repose
kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees

a
asbestos ore 1296
ash, stoker, dry 560-640 40
ash, stoker, wet 720-800 50
alumina 900-1040 22
aluminium oxide 1120-1920

b
blast furnace slag 1280-1440
granulated 0-10mm
dry 930-900 25-30 960-1040 25
wet 30-40 1440-1600 45
broken ballast 1500
bauxite 1200-1360 30
brick, basic 2400-2965
brick, alumina 1520-1760
brick, fireclay 1360-1520
brick, hard 2000
brick, soft 1600

c
cement loose 1400 25-30, 1200-1440 1504
cement,packed 1506
warm 20-25,
cement stored 1600
cement, aerated 960-1200
chalk 1200-1360
chrome ore 2000-2240
clay, calcined 1280-1600
clay, fine dry 1600-1920 35
clay, lumpy 960-1200 35
clay,loose 960-1200
clinker rotary kiln 1450 35-40, 1440-1700 1200-1520 30-40
clinker shaft kiln 1350

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Material density Repose density Repose density Repose
kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees
coal bituminous 800-865 800-864 45
coal, brown,air dry 700 35-50
coal, pulverised 400
coal, briquettes 750 40-45
charcoal 180-220 288-400 35
coke ash 700
coke furnace 500 35-50
coke gas 450
coal mineral 850
coal min. pulverised 550
small coal and nuts 30-45 800-960
coke, petroleum, 560-720
calcined
copper ore
concrete, rcc 2325 2080-2500
cokebreeze 400-560 30-45

d
dolomite, lumpy

f
feldspar 1440-1760 34-38
feldspar, powder
fly ash, dry 640-720 42
fullers earth 480-560 23

g
gravel, dry 1700 1760 1440-1600 40
gravel, wet 2000 35
gypseous stones 1600 40-45 1120-1280 30
gypsum, powder 960-1120 42
gypsum, synthetic
1360-1440
granite

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Material density Repose density Repose density Repose
kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees
h
hardwood, logs 400

I
iron ore 2805 1600-3200 35
iron, cast 7210
ice 919
iron oxide 400 40

k
kaolin, clay 1008 35
kaolin talc 670-900
kiln dust, loose 1040

l
lime, fat, burned 960 43
powdered 500 512-640 42
limestones, blasted 1800 35-40 1665
crushed 35 1360-1400 35
lime, pebble
lime, hydrated
lignite, raw 640-720 38
lignite, air dry

m
manganese, ore 2000-2240 39
mica, ground 208-240 34
mortar 1665
magnesite fines 1040-1200 35

o
overburden, 35-40
natural moisture
oil, fuel 895

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Material density Repose density Repose density Repose
kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees kg/m3 Degrees
p
pyrite 2160-2320
phosphate rock 1200-1360

q
quartz, lumps 1360-1520
quartz, dust 1120-1280

r
raw meal, loose 1100 35 1360
raw meal, stored 1300 45
rubble 1400

s
sand, dry 1600 35 1520 1440-1760 35
sand, silica dry 2000
sand, wet 2000 35-40
shale 2480 1360-1440 39
slate
steel 7850
slurry, 35 % water 1682

t
talc 1280-1440
talc, powder 800-960
traprock 1440-1600

v
vermiculate, expanded 256

w
water 1000

z
zinc oxide, light 160-240

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