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signs
05-01-2002, 04:49 PM
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT LEAD WEIGHS (IN LBS.) PER CUBIC FT.?
ken mcclure
05-01-2002, 05:07 PM
707.933 lbs. give or take.
imported_Ola Sylwan
05-01-2002, 05:34 PM
709.6 lbs/cf
paladin
05-01-2002, 05:53 PM
about 60% of gold, manganese or depleted Urtanium....mmmmmmmmm
Frank Wentzel
05-01-2002, 10:05 PM
Chuck

Senior moment alert - Manganese is less dense than Iron.

/// Frank ///
ken mcclure
05-01-2002, 11:03 PM
I'd put my money on Ola's numbers. I've found six references, all of which were different. One matched Ola's.
reddog
05-02-2002, 04:09 AM
In The Ocean Sailing Yacht Donald Street lists scrap lead at 700 lbs./cu ft and virgin lead at 714.
imported_Ola Sylwan
05-02-2002, 04:42 AM
And this matches Kenīs, 707.933 lbs/cf.

http://www.matweb.com/main.htm
John Gearing
05-02-2002, 01:56 PM
At 20 degrees C (about 68 F) 708 lbs/cu foot is about right.
Bob Cleek
05-03-2002, 12:46 PM
All I know after cutting up more than a few scrap keels is that a cubic foot is a hell of a lot heavier than you think you can lift... Heck, a hunk the size of a shoebox weighs a couple of hundred pounds! One truth about lead which explains the various weights given in the literature... it always weighs more than the scale says when you drop it on your foot!
JimD
05-03-2002, 05:21 PM
Yes, Bob, I think that would have to be true, since the weigh scale would have to be above one's foot in order for the lead to fall on it, and since weight is a measure of a force of gravity on a massive object, in this case the lead, that force diminishing the farther from the centre of the gravitational force, in this case being the earth upon which your foot rests (or more accurately, upon which your foot is held by gravity)... at least I think that's how it goes.
ahp
05-04-2002, 08:55 AM
You might think about tungsten. Heavyest of all. May have a little problem drilling holes.
paladin
05-04-2002, 10:25 AM
Yup...I stand correctedededed.....