Unit Weight/Dead Weight of Construction Materials
The tables given below give the unit weight or dead weight of some common construction material that is used by designer while computing load related calculation.
1. Bituminous Substance
| Item | Weight (kg/m3) |
| Anthracite coal | 1550 |
| Peat (dry) | 560 to 640 |
| Charcoal (light) | 300 |
| Coke | 1000 |
| Graphite | 500 |
| Crude oil | 880 |
| Pitch | 1010 |
| Coal tar | 1010 |
2. Excavated materials
| Item | Weight (kg/m3) |
| Clay (dry, compact) | 1440 |
| Clay (damp, compact) | 1760 |
| Earth (dry) | 1410 to 1840 |
| Earth (moist) | 1600 to 2000 |
| Sand (dry) | 1540 to 1600 |
| Sand (wet) | 1760 to 2000 |
3. Liquids
| Item | Weight (kg/m3) |
| Alcohol | 780 |
| Gasoline | 670 |
| Ice | 910 |
| Nitric acid 91 percent | 1510 |
| Sulphuric acid 87 percent | 1790 |
| Vegetable oil | 930 |
| Water (fresh) | 1000 |
4. Building Materials
| Item | Weight (kg/m3) |
| Bricks | 1600 to 1920 |
| Cement (ordinary) | 1440 |
| Chalk | 2240 |
| Glass | 2400 to 2720 |
| Limestone | 2400 to 2640 |
| Sandstone | 2250 to 2400 |
| Steel | 7850 |
| timber | 650 to 720 |
5. Structural Items, ceilings, finishes etc
| Item | Weight (kg/m3) |
| Asbestos cement sheets | 12 to 15.6 |
| Brick masonry | 1920 |
| Brick wall, 100 mm thick | 192 |
| Brick wall, 200 mm thick | 384 |
| Brick wall, 300 mm thick | 576 |
| Cement plaster, 25 mm thick | 25 |
| Concrete, plain | 2300 |
| Concrete, reinforced | 2400 |
| Galvanized iron steel, 0.56 mm thick | 5 |
| Galvanized iron steel, 1.63 mm thick | 13 |
| Mangalore tiles with battens | 65 |
| Dry rubble masonry | 2080 |
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