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Unit Weight of Building Materials [A Complete List].

In today’s article, you are going to learn the unit weight of different building materials
used in construction.

So, Let’s Get Started.

Before starting you should know that what is Unit weight?

The specific or the unit weight is the wight per unit volume of a material.

Unit Weight of Different Building Materials.

Following is the list of 75 different building materials and their unit weight in Kg/m3.

Unit Weight of Building Materials

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Sr. No.  Material.  Unit Weight. 

01. Portland Cement 1440 Kg/cu.m

02. Rapid Hardening Cement 1250 Kg/cu.m

03. Plain Cement Concrete (P.C.C) 2400 Kg/cu.m

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Lime Concrete
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Reinforced Cement Concrete (R.C.C) 2500 Kg/cu.m

06. Cement Mortar 2000 Kg/cu.m

07. Cement Plaster 2000 Kg/cu.m

08. Lime Plaster 1700 Kg/cu.m

09. Common Bricks 1600 Kg/cu.m

10. Broken Bricks 1420 Kg/cu.m

11. Water 1000 Kg/cu.m

12. Dry Clay 1600 Kg/cu.m

13. Damp Clay 1760 Kg/cu.m

14. Dry, Loose Earth 1200 Kg/cu.m

15. Dry, Loose Sand 1440-1700 Kg/cu.m

16. Gravel 2000 Kg/cu.m

17. Silt 2100 Kg/cu.m

18. Sedimentary Rock 2600 Kg/cu.m

19. Igneous Rock 2700-3000 Kg/cu.m

20. Metamorphic Rock 2700 Kg/cu.m

21. Mud 1600 to 1920 Kg/cu.m

22. Rubble Stone 1600 to 1750 Kg/cu.m

23. Aggregates 1750 Kg/cu.m

24. Ballast 1720 Kg/cu.m

25. Granite 2450 Kg/cu.m

26. Marble 2650 Kg/cu.m

27. Sandstone 2250 to 2400 Kg/cu.m

28. Limestone 2400 to 2640 Kg/cu.m

29. Chalk 2240 Kg/cu.m

30. Cement Slurry 1442 Kg/cu.m

31. Cement Concrete Block 1800 Kg/cu.m

32. Timber (willow) 420 Kg/cu.m

33. Timber (Teak) 630 to 720 Kg/cu.m

34. Timber (Maple) 755 Kg/cu.m

35. Timber (Sal) 990 Kg/cu.m

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36. Timber (Larch) 590 Kg/cu.m

37. Timber (Birch) 670 Kg/cu.m

38. Timber (Mahogany) 545 Kg/cu.m

39. Steel 7850 Kg/cu.m

40. Stainless Steel 7480 Kg/cu.m

41. Cast Iron 7203 Kg/cu.m

42. Aluminum 2739 Kg/cu.m

43. Tin 7280 Kg/cu.m

44. Copper 8940 Kg/cu.m

45. Asbestos Cement Sheet 12 to 15.6 Kg/cu.m

46. Galvanized Iron Steel (0.56 mm) 5 Kg/cu.m

47. Galvanized Iron Steel (1.63 mm) 13 Kg/cu.m

48 Mangalore Tiles with Battens 65 Kg/cu.m

49. Brick Masonry 1920 Kg/cu.m

50. Dry Rubble Masonry 2080 Kg/cu.m

51. Glass 2400 to 2720 Kg/cu.m

52. Alcohol 780 Kg/cu.m

53. Vegetable Oil 930 Kg/cu.m

54. Gasoline 670 Kg/cu.m

55. Nitric Acid (91 percent) 1510 Kg/cu.m

56. Sulphuric Acid (87 Percent) 1790 Kg/cu.m

57. Ice 910 Kg/cu.m

58. Light Charcoal 300 Kg/cu.m

59. Graphite 500 Kg/cu.m

60. Coal Tar 1010 Kg/cu.m

61. Pitch 1010 Kg/cu.m

62. Dry Peat 560 to 640 Kg/cu.m

63. Anthracite Coal 1550 Kg/cu.m

64. Rubber 1300 Kg/cu.m

65. Bitumen 1040 Kg/cu.m

66. Slag 1500 Kg/cu.m

67. Ashes 650 Kg/cu.m

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68. Clinker 750 Kg/cu.m

69. Plastics 1250 Kg/cu.m

70. Nickel 8908 Kg/cu.m

71. Petrol 720 Kg/cu.m

72. Diesel 745 Kg/cu.m

73. Heavy Charcoal 530 Kg/cu.m

74. Shale Gas 2500 Kg/cu.m

75. Tin 7280 Kg/cu.m

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So, That’s all for the List of Unit Weight of Building Materials.

If you have any questions/suggestion or I missed something, then please let me know in the comment section.

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8 thoughts on “Unit Weight of Building Materials [A Complete List].”

Raghu Piska
February 6, 2019 at 10:01 PM

Where alcohol is used in construction?

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Paul Anderson
March 7, 2020 at 11:54 PM

Inside the Carpenter’s stomach methinks 🙂

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Haji.
May 10, 2020 at 4:44 PM

Thanks For Unit Weight of Building Material. It is good. You did a great job You can add also Clay stone, Prime Coat,
Tack Coat, Crushed stone. Asphalt

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Ashwani Singh
September 9, 2020 at 2:18 PM

Nice

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Ayan
October 20, 2020 at 12:33 PM

What is the unit weight of Water bound macadam material?

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abdel naser saleem

October 18, 2021 at 3:49 PM

thanks for your cooperation

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Akash Dudhat
January 23, 2021 at 4:41 PM

Usefull sir

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Ch. MOhammad Yousaf

February 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM

Please mention weight for interlock( Size 200mmx 100mm x8mm

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