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=== Various materials === {{About|the listing of only certain chemical elements|the densities of all chemical elements|List of chemical elements|section=yes}} {{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable sortable col2center" |+ Densities of various materials covering a range of values |- ! Material ! ''ρ'' (kg/m<sup>3</sup>)<ref group=note>Unless otherwise noted, all densities given are at [[standard conditions for temperature and pressure]],{{br}}that is, {{convert|273.15|K|C|abbr=on|lk=in}} and {{convert|100|kPa|atm|3|abbr=on}}.</ref> ! class="unsortable" | Notes |-0.08988 | [[Hydrogen]] || 0.0898 || |- | [[Helium]] || 0.179 || |- | [[Aerographite]] || 0.2 || <ref group=note name=noair>Air contained in material excluded when calculating density</ref><ref>[http://phys.org/news/2012-07-carbon-nanotube-struructure-aerographite-lightest.html New carbon nanotube struructure aerographite is lightest material champ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017064205/http://phys.org/news/2012-07-carbon-nanotube-struructure-aerographite-lightest.html |date=October 17, 2013 }}. Phys.org (July 13, 2012). Retrieved on July 14, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/aerographit-leichtestes-material-der-welt-entwickelt-a-843819.html Aerographit: Leichtestes Material der Welt entwickelt – SPIEGEL ONLINE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017083053/http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/aerographit-leichtestes-material-der-welt-entwickelt-a-843819.html |date=October 17, 2013 }}. Spiegel.de (July 11, 2012). Retrieved on July 14, 2012.</ref> |- | [[Metallic microlattice]] || 0.9 || <ref group=note name=noair/> |- | [[Aerogel]] || 1.0 || <ref group=note name=noair/> |- | [[Air]] || 1.2 || At sea level |- | [[Tungsten hexafluoride]] || 12.4 || One of the heaviest known gases at standard conditions |- | [[Liquid hydrogen]] || 70 || At approximately −255 °C |- | [[Styrofoam]] || 75 || Approximate<ref name="madsci1">{{cite web |url=http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/954534602.Ph.r.html |title=Re: which is more {{sic|bou|yant|nolink=y}} styrofoam or cork |publisher=Madsci.org |access-date=September 14, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214145901/http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/954534602.Ph.r.html |archive-date=February 14, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |- | [[Cork (material)|Cork]] || 240 || Approximate<ref name="madsci1" /> |- | [[Pine]] || 373 || <ref name="SerwayJewett2005">{{citation|first1=Raymond |last1=Serway|first2=John |last2=Jewett|title=Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaroJ5BNuZAC|year=2005|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=0-534-49143-X|page=467|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517053840/https://books.google.com/books?id=VaroJ5BNuZAC|archive-date=May 17, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- | [[Lithium]] || 535 || Least dense metal |- | [[Wood]] || 700 || Seasoned, typical<ref name=wood0>{{cite web |url=http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-density-d_40.html |title=Wood Densities |access-date=October 15, 2012 |work=www.engineeringtoolbox.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065545/http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-density-d_40.html |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=wood1>{{cite web |title=Density of Wood |url=http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_wood.htm |access-date=October 15, 2012 |work=www.simetric.co.uk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026115734/http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_wood.htm |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |- | [[Oak]] || 710 || <ref name="SerwayJewett2005"/> |- | [[Potassium]] || 860 || <ref name="crc2ed">{{cite book |chapter=§1.3 Solids—Metals: Table 1-59 Metals and Alloys—Miscellaneous Properties |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xn8KbsgeFrwC&pg=PA117 |editor-first=Ray E. |editor-last=Bolz |editor2-first=George L. |editor2-last=Tuve |title=CRC Handbook of tables for Applied Engineering Science |publisher= CRC Press|edition=2nd |date=1970 |isbn=9781315214092 |pages=117 |url=}}</ref> |- | [[Ice]] || 916.7 || At temperature < 0 °C<!-- Sourced from the "Ice" page --> |- | [[Cooking oil]] || 910–930 || |- | [[Sodium]] || 970 || |- | [[Water]] (fresh) || 1,000 || At 4 °C, the temperature of its maximum density |- | [[Water]] (salt) || 1,030 || 3% |- | [[Liquid oxygen]] || 1,141 || At approximately −219 °C |- | [[Nylon]] || 1,150 || |- | [[Plastics]] || 1,175 || Approximate; for [[polypropylene]] and [[PETE]]/[[PVC]] |- | [[Glycerol]] || 1,261 || <ref>[http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/Star/compos.pl?matno=174 glycerol composition at] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228142256/http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/Star/compos.pl?matno=174 |date=February 28, 2013 }}. Physics.nist.gov. Retrieved on July 14, 2012.</ref> |- | [[Tetrachloroethene]] || 1,622 || |- | [[Sand]] || 1,600 || Between 1,600 and 2,000 <ref name="Sharma1997"/> |- | [[Magnesium]] || 1,740 || |- | [[Beryllium]] || 1,850 || |- | [[Silicon]] || 2,330 || |- | [[Concrete]] || 2,400 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/KatrinaJones.shtml|title=Density of Concrete - The Physics Factbook|website=hypertextbook.com}}</ref><ref name="YoungFreedman2012">{{cite book |first1=Hugh D. |last1=Young |first2=Roger A. |last2=Freedman |title=University Physics with Modern Physics |publisher=Addison-Wesley |date=2012 |isbn=978-0-321-69686-1 |pages=374 |url=}}</ref> |- | [[Glass]] || 2,500 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/ShayeStorm.shtml|title=Density of Glass - The Physics Factbook|website=hypertextbook.com}}</ref> |- | [[Quartzite]] || 2,600 || <ref name="Sharma1997"/> |- | [[Granite]] || 2,700 || <ref name="Sharma1997"/> |- | [[Gneiss]] || 2,700 || <ref name="Sharma1997"/> |- | [[Aluminium]] || 2,700 || |- | [[Limestone]] || 2,750 || Compact<ref name=Sharma1997>{{citation|first=P.V. |last=Sharma|title=Environmental and Engineering Geophysics|year=1997|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn= 9781139171168|page=17|doi=10.1017/CBO9781139171168}}</ref> |- | [[Basalt]] || 3,000 || <ref name="Sharma1997"/> |- | [[Diiodomethane]] || 3,325 || Liquid at room temperature |- | [[Diamond]] || 3,500 || |- | [[Titanium]] || 4,540 || |- | [[Selenium]] || 4,800 || |- | [[Vanadium]] || 6,100 || |- | [[Antimony]] || 6,690 || |- | [[Zinc]] || 7,000 || |- | [[Chromium]] || 7,200 || |- | [[Tin]] || 7,310 || |- | [[Manganese]] || 7,325 || Approximate |- | [[Mild steel]] || 7,850 || |- | [[Iron]] || 7,870 || |- | [[Niobium]] || 8,570 || |- | [[Brass]] || 8,600 || <ref name="YoungFreedman2012"/> |- | [[Cadmium]] || 8,650 || |- | [[Cobalt]] || 8,900 || |- | [[Nickel]] || 8,900 || |- | [[Copper]] || 8,940 || |- | [[Bismuth]] || 9,750 || |- | [[Molybdenum]] || 10,220 || |- | [[Silver]] || 10,500 || |- | [[Lead]] || 11,340 || |- | [[Thorium]] || 11,700 || |- | [[Rhodium]] || 12,410 || |- | [[Mercury (element)|Mercury]]|| 13,546 || |- | [[Tantalum]] || 16,600 || |- | [[Uranium]] || 19,100 || |- | [[Tungsten]] || 19,300 || |- | [[Gold]] || 19,320 || |- | [[Plutonium]] || 19,840 || |- | [[Rhenium]] || 21,020 || |- | [[Platinum]] || 21,450 || |- | [[Iridium]] || 22,420 || |- | [[Osmium]] || 22,570 || Densest natural element on Earth |} {{reflist|group=note}} {{Clear}}
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