Bulk Density of Common Materials
Below is a reference table listing the Bulk Density of Common Materials, a crucial resource for anyone utilizing Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs) in their operations. This table provides basic data on the bulk densities of a wide range of materials, from agricultural products to industrial compounds, allowing for informed decision-making when selecting the appropriate FIBC bag for your needs.
Understanding the bulk density of your materials ensures optimal use of FIBC bags, leading to improved efficiency in storage and transportation. Whether you’re in logistics, manufacturing, or any sector requiring bulk material handling, our table is an invaluable tool for maximizing the potential of your FIBC bags.
| Common Material | Density (lb/ft3) From/To |
|---|---|
| ABS resin, pellet | 45 – |
| Acetic acid, liquid | 66 – |
| Acetone | 49 – |
| Acrylic resin | 33 – |
| Adipic acid, powder | 45 – |
| Air – atmospheric pressure | 0.0749 |
| Alcohol, methyl | 49 – |
| Alfalfa, ground | 16 – |
| Almonds, shelled | 30 – 35 |
| Alum powder | 50 – |
| Alumina | 60 – |
| Aluminum hydrate | 18 – |
| Aluminum oxide | 60 – 100 |
| Aluminum silicate | 35 – 45 |
| Aluminum, powder | 45 – 80 |
| Aluminum, shavings | 7 – 15 |
| Ammonium nitrate, prill | 45 – 60 |
| Ammonium sulphate | 40 – 58 |
| Apple seed | 32 – |
| Asbestos fibers | 20 – 25 |
| Ash, coal, damp | 45 – 50 |
| Ash, coal, dry | 35 – 45 |
| Asphalt, liquid | 65 – |
| Aviation fuel (jp-4) | 49 – |
| Bakalite, powder | 30 – 40 |
| Baking powder | 40 – 45 |
| Baking soda | 70 – 80 |
| Ball clay | 25 – |
| Bagasse – exiting the final mill | 7.5 – |
| Bagasse – stacked to 2 metre height (moisture = 44%) | 11 – |
| Bark, wood refuse | 10 – 20 |
| Barley, flour | 25 – 30 |
| Barley, ground | 25 – 30 |
| Barley, kernal | 35 – 40 |
| Barley, malted | 31 – |
| Bauxite, crushed | 75 – 85 |
| Beans, caster | 36 – |
| Beans, coffee | 22 – 40 |
| Beans, lima | 45 – |
| Beans, navy | 48 – |
| Beans, soy | 45 – 47 |
| Bentonite, lump | 25 – 40 |
| Bentonite, powder | 50 – 60 |
| Bicarbonate of soda | 41 – |
| Blood, dry | 35 – 45 |
| Bone meal | 55 – 60 |
| Borate of lime | 50 – 70 |
| Borax | 50 – 70 |
| Boric acid powder | 55 – |
| Bran, oat | 25 – |
| Bran, wheat | 15 – 20 |
| Brewers grain | 27 – |
| Brewers grits | 33 – |
| Bronze chips | 30 – 50 |
| Buckwheat | 34 – 42 |
| Buckwheat flour | 40 – |
| Butter | 54 – |
| Buttermilk powder | 25 – 30 |
| Cake mix | 30 – 40 |
| Calcium carbide | 75 – |
| Calcium carbonate | 75 – |
| Calcium oxide | 27 – |
| Cane – whole stick, tangled and tamped down as in a cane transport vehicle | 12.5 – |
| Cane – whole stick, neatly bundled | 25 – |
| Cane – billetted | 22 – |
| Cane – whole stick tangled, but loosely tipped into cane carrier | 10 – |
| Cane – knifed | 18 – |
| Cane – shredded | 20 – |
| Carbide powder | 100 – |
| Carbon black powder | 4 – 25 |
| Carbon black, pellet | 20 – 45 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | – |
| Carbon, granulated, activated | 50 – 60 |
| Carbon, graphite | 40 – |
| Casein powder | 35 – 40 |
| Cashew nuts | 32 – 37 |
| Caster beans | 36 – |
| Cat food | 20 – 25 |
| Cellophane, flocking | 5 – |
| Cellulose acetate | 10 – |
| Cellulose, flocking | 1.5 – 3 |
| Cement powder, portland | 85 – 95 |
| Cement, clinker | 75 – 90 |
| Cereal flake | 12 – |
| Chalk, fine | 70 – 75 |
| Chalk, lump | 85 – 90 |
| Charcoal | 15 – 30 |
| Chromium ore | 135 – |
| Cinders, coal | 40 – 50 |
| Citric acid | 55 – |
| Clay, attapulgus | 55 – |
| Clay, ball | 25 – |
| Clay, bentonite | 51 – |
| Clay, calcined | 80 – |
| Clay, dicalite | 20 – 50 |
| Clay, kaoline | 20 – 60 |
| Clay, sno-brite | 15 – 50 |
| Clay, whitex | 15 – 50 |
| Clinker, cement | 80 – |
| Clinker, coal | 80 – 90 |
| Coal, ground | 40 – |
| Coal, lump | 45 – 55 |
| Coconut, shredded | 20 – 22 |
| Coffee bean, green | 32 – 45 |
| Coffee bean, roasted | 22 – 30 |
| Coffee, ground | 20 – |
| Coke, calcined, petrol | 35 – 45 |
| Copper ore | 135 – |
| Concrete | 140 – 150 |
| Copper oxide | 190 – |
| Cork, ground | 5 – 15 |
| Corn bran | 13 – |
| Corn cob, ground | 35 – |
| Corn, cracked | 35 – 40 |
| Corn, flaked | 6 – |
| Corn, gern | 21 – |
| Corn, gluten | 26 – 33 |
| Corn, grits | 40 – 45 |
| Corn, ground | 30 – 35 |
| Corn, meal | 32 – 40 |
| Corn, starch | 25 – 35 |
| Corn, sugar, liquid | 88 – |
| Corn, sugar, powder | 31 – |
| Corn, whole kernel | 45 – |
| Cotton blossoms | 15 – 25 |
| Cottonseed | 22 – 40 |
| Cottonseed hulls | 12 – |
| Cottonseed meats | 40 – |
| Cottonseed oil | 58 – |
| Cottonseed, meal | 35 – 40 |
| Cream powder | 38 – |
| Cullett, glass | 120 – |
| Dextrin | 50 – 55 |
| Dextrose | 31 – |
| Diatomacaous earth | 11 – 14 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 43 – |
| Diesel fuel | 52 – |
| Dirt, dry | 65 – 80 |
| Distillars grain | 30 – |
| Dog food, IAMS minichunk | 26 – |
| Dolomite, lump | 88 – 99 |
| Dolomite, powdered | 45 – |
| Down, goose | 1 – |
| Ebonite, crushed | 65 – 70 |
| Emery, crushed | 95 – |
| Epsom salt | 40 – 50 |
| Ethanol | 56 – |
| Ethyl ether | 44 – |
| Ethylene glycol | 70 – |
| Expancel microsphere | 0.8 – |
| Farina | 44 – |
| Feathers, goose | 1 – |
| Feed pellets, animal | 32 – 38 |
| Feldspar, ground | 65 – 70 |
| Ferrous sulphate | 50 – 75 |
| Fertilizer, phosphate | 60 – |
| Fish meal | 25 – 40 |
| Flax seed | 40 – 45 |
| Flour, barley | 25 – 30 |
| Flour, corn | 30 – 34 |
| Flour, patent | 20 – |
| Flour, wheat | 30 – 35 |
| Flourospar | 90 – |
| Fluff, poly-fim floc | 1. 5 – 2 |
| Fly ash | 35 – 45 |
| Froot loops, kellogs | 8 – |
| Fullers earth | 35 – 45 |
| Gasoline | 45 – |
| Gelatine, granulated | 32 – |
| Gilsonite | 37 – |
| Glass bead | 120 – |
| Glass cullett crushed | 120 – |
| Gluten, wheat | 30 – 35 |
| Glycerine | 78 – |
| Golf tees | 15 – |
| Graphite, ground | 25 – 30 |
| Grass seed | 10 – 35 |
| Gravel | 75 – 85 |
| Grits, corn | 40 – 45 |
| Grits, rice | 42 – 45 |
| Gun powder | 50 – |
| Gypsum, lump | 90 – 100 |
| Gypsum, powder | 60 – 80 |
| Hay | 5 – 24 |
| HDPE, polethylene | 35 – 40 |
| Hominey | 37 – 50 |
| Hops | 35 – |
| Hops, spent dry | 35 – |
| Hydrochloric acid | 75 – |
| Ice, crushed | 55 – |
| Illmenite, ground | 120 – |
| Iron chips | 165 – |
| Iron ore | 150 – |
| Iron oxide | 180 – |
| Jet fuel, jp4 | 51 – |
| Kafir | 40 – 45 |
| Kalsomine, powder | 32 – |
| Kaoline, crushed | 20 – 22 |
| Kerosene | 51 – |
| Lactose | 32 – |
| LDPE, polyethylene | 35 – |
| Lead oxide | 30 – 150 |
| Liginite | 40 – 55 |
| Lima beans dry | 45 – |
| Lime, hydreated | 25 – 30 |
| Lime, pebble | 55 – 65 |
| Lime, quicklime | 25 – 30 |
| Lime, slaked | 32 – |
| Limestone, crushed | 85 – 95 |
| Limestone, dust | 68 – |
| Linseed oil | 58 – |
| Linseed, kernel | 25 – |
| Maize, kernel | 45 – |
| Malt sugar | 30 – 35 |
| Malt, dry, whole | 30 – 35 |
| Malt, ground, dry | 20 – |
| Malt, spent, damp | 55 – 65 |
| Malt, spent, dry | 10 – |
| Maltodextrin powder | 35 – |
| Maple syrup | 85 – |
| Marble, crushed | 85 – 95 |
| Menthol | 49 – |
| Metal dust | 50 – 120 |
| Methanol | 49 – |
| Methyl alcohol | 49 – |
| Mica | 13 – 30 |
| Milk powder | 15 – 20 |
| Milk sugar | 32 – |
| Miller, ground | 35 – |
| Millet seed | 48 – |
| Mineral oil | 57 – |
| Mineral spirits | 49 – |
| Molybdenum, floc | 10 – 12 |
| Monosodium phosphate | 50 – |
| Muriate of potash | 77 – |
| Mustard seed | 45 – |
| Naphthalene | 56 – |
| Napthalene flakes | 45 – |
| Navy beans, dry | 48 – |
| Nitrate of soda | 68 – |
| Nitric acid | 94 – |
| Nitrocellulose | 25 – |
| Nylon | 35 – 45 |
| Oat flour | 30 – 35 |
| Oat hulls | 8 – 12 |
| Oat meal | 35 – 40 |
| Oat middlings | 35 – 45 |
| Oats | 25 – 35 |
| Oats, bran | 25 – |
| Oats, ground | 25- 30 |
| Oats, rolled | 24 – |
| Octane | 45 – |
| Oil, linseed | 58 – |
| Oil, olive | 57 – |
| Oil, petroleum, crude | 53 – |
| Oil, sperm whale | 57 – |
| Oil, transformer | 55 – |
| Oil, turpentine | 54 – |
| Oxalic acid, crystals | 60 – |
| Oyster shells, ground | 53 – |
| Paper, shreaded | 5 – 12 |
| Paraffin wax | 45 – |
| PC, polycarbonate | 34 – 36 |
| Peanut shell refuse | 4 – |
| Peanuts, shelled | 35 – 45 |
| Peanuts, unshelled | 15 – 24 |
| Peas, dry | 45 – 50 |
| Peat | 25 – 50 |
| Perlite, expanded | 3 – |
| Perlite, expanded | 51 – |
| Phosphate rock, crushed | 60 – 80 |
| Phosphate sand | 90 – 100 |
| Plaster of Paris | 50 – 55 |
| Plastic pellet | 34 – 48 |
| Ployethylene, pellet | 34 – 36 |
| Ployvinyl chloride, powder | 30 – |
| Polyethylene pellet | 35 – 37 |
| Polypropylene powder | 25 – |
| Polypropylene, pellet | 34 – 36 |
| Polystyrene, expanded beads | 1.5 – |
| Polystyrene, pellet | 34 – 36 |
| Polyvinyl chloride, pellet | 48 – 52 |
| Popcorn, popped | 2/3/2019 |
| Popcorn, shelled | 45 – 50 |
| Potash | 50 – 60 |
| Potasium chloride | 2 – 3 |
| Potassium carbonate | 45 – 50 |
| Potassium chloride | 75 – |
| Potassium nitrate | 76 – |
| Potassium sulphate | 42 – 48 |
| Potato flake | 12 – |
| Potato starch | 40 – |
| Pumice | 40 – 45 |
| PVC polyvinyl chloride | 48 – 52 |
| Quartz, sand | 80 – 100 |
| Rape seed | 45 – 50 |
| Rice | 45 – 50 |
| Rice bran | 20 – |
| Rice flour | 30 – |
| Rice grits | 42 – 45 |
| Rubber, ground | 25 – 50 |
| Rye | 44 – |
| Rye, flour | 30 – |
| Salt, coarse crushed | 45 – 55 |
| Salt, granulated | 70 – 80 |
| Saltpeter | 75 – |
| Sand, damp | 100 – |
| Sand, dry | 80 – 100 |
| Sand, loose | 90 – |
| Sand with gravel, dry | 108 – |
| Sand with gravel, wet | 125 – |
| Sand, rammed | 105 – |
| Sand, silica | 95 – |
| Sand, water filled | 120 – |
| Sand, wet | 120 – |
| Sand, wet, packed | 130 – |
| Sandstone, crushed | 80 – 95 |
| Sawdust | 4 -12 |
| Sea water | 64 – |
| Semolina | 35 – 40 |
| Sesame seed | 27 – 37 |
| Shellac powder | 30 – 35 |
| Silica flour | 35 – 40 |
| Silica gel | 30 – 45 |
| Silica sand | 95 – |
| Slag, furnace | 60 – |
| Slakes lime | 32 – |
| Slate, crushed | 80 – 90 |
| Soap powder | 20 – 25 |
| Soda ash | 30 – 45 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 41 – |
| Sodium chloride | 70 – |
| Sodium hydroxide, flake | 47 – |
| Sodium nitrate | 68 – 80 |
| Sodium sulphate | 80 – |
| Sorghum seed | 42 – 50 |
| Soybean flour | 27 – 35 |
| Soybean hulls | 6 – |
| Soybean meal | 36 – 50 |
| Soybean, flakes | 18 – 25 |
| Soybean, whole | 47 – |
| Soybeean, cracked | 35 – |
| Spelt flour | 25 – 30 |
| Starch powder | 25 – 35 |
| Steel, chips | 150 – |
| Sucrose – crystal | 99 – |
| Sucrose – amorphous | 94 – |
| Sugar, brown | 45 – |
| Sugar, dextrose, powder | 50 – |
| Sugar, granulated | 53 – |
| Sugar, milk | 32 – |
| Sugar, powdered | 50 – 60 |
| Sugar, raw | 55 – 65 |
| Sulfuric acid | 112 – |
| Sulphur, crushed | 55 – 70 |
| Sunflower seed | 36 – |
| Talcum powder | 4 – 62 |
| Tar | 72 – |
| Tea leaves | 12 – |
| Terephalic acid powder | 45 – |
| Timothy seed | 36 – |
| Tin oxide | 100 – |
| Titanium dioxide | 40 – 50 |
| Tobacco, flake | 2 – 5 |
| Toulene | 54 – |
| Transmission oil | 54 – |
| Trisodium phosphate | 50 – 60 |
| Urea, prill | 34 – 42 |
| Vermiculite ore | 80 – |
| Vermiculite, expanded | 17 – |
| Walnut meats | 25 – |
| Walnut shells, ground | 40 – 45 |
| Water | 62 – |
| Wax | 15 – 20 |
| Wheat bran | 12 – |
| Wheat gluten | 30 – 35 |
| Wheat, craked | 35 – 45 |
| Wheat, flaked | 7 – 10 |
| Wheat, flour | 30 – 35 |
| Wheat, ground | 40 – |
| Wheat, whole kernel | 45 – 55 |
| Whey powder | 35 – 46 |
| Wood chips | 20 – 30 |
| Wood flour | 15 – 25 |
| Wood shavings | 3 – 10 |
| Xanthum gum | 48 – |
| Zinc ore | 125 – |
| Zinc oxide | 10 – 30 |
| Zinc, calcined, crushed | 70 – 90 |
