Operation Manual
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Attached Table
:
Reference Table for Densities of Common Materials
S/N
Material name
Specific Categories
Reference Density
(Kg/m
3
)
Remarks
1
Ordinary soil
Stick thin dry soil
1250
Caking dry soil
1520
Powder dry soil
1550
Wet soil
1725
Mud-like soil
1730
Tight soil
1840
2
Clay
Wet clay
1750
Dry clay
1485
3
Sand
Loose dry sand
1440
Wet sand
1680
Water-wet sand
1850
4
Sandstone
Broken sand stone
1500
Solid sandstone
2300
5
Gravel
Dry gravel
1485~1650
Wet gravel
2015
Pi gravel
1900
Dry clay mixed
1185
Wet clay mixed
1650
Dry sand mixed
1730
Wet sand mixed
2000
6
Bauxite
1425
7
Gravel
1600
8
Slag
Dry
650
9
Coal
Bituminous coal
1190
Smoke peat
950
Dry peat
415
Wet peat
1125
10
Weathered
rock-soil
75% of the geotechnical
1955
50% of the geotechnical
1725
25% of the geotechnical
1585
11
Gypsum
Crushing block
1600
Broken block
1810
Solid block
2780
12
Limestone
Fragmentation
1550
Solid block
2600
13
Furnace slag
1760~2100
14
Granite
Chunky
1650
Overall
2800
15
Hematite
2460
16
Magnetite
2780