Subject: Density of metals?

From: [email-masked] (Pat Missin)
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:22:23 GMT

Can anyone out there tell me the approximate densities of the
commonest alloys of aluminium, brass and stainless steel? Also the
density of ABS plastic?

Thanks in advance,
 -- Pat Missin

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From: Frank Scott <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 20:26:20

In article: <[email-masked]>  [email-masked] (Pat Missin) 
> commonest alloys of aluminium, brass and stainless steel? Also the

All values all specific gravities  (ie ratio of density with respect to water)

Aluminium  2.60
Alloys  2.6 to 2.8 

Brasses from 8.40 to 8.9
eg gilding metal 8.86
    yellow brass 8.47
    red brass 8.75
   Muntz metal 8.39
   Naval brass 8.41
  
Ferritic and martensitic stainless steels about 7.7
Austenitic stainless steels about 8

ABS  1.020 to 1.070

This data extracted from Newnes Engineering Materials Pocket Book

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From: [email-masked] (M. C. (Mike) Albrecht)
Date: 13 Dec 1996 16:10:47 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, 
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>commonest alloys of aluminium, brass and stainless steel? Also the
For ABS use 1.3 
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From: Robert Davis <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 19:10:55 -0800

> commonest alloys of aluminium, brass and stainless steel? Also the
Copper 8.96
commercial bronze 8,89
yellow brass 8.47
Muntz metal 8.41
Al 1100 2.71
Al 2014 2.80
Al 6061 2.70
Al 5056 2.64
316 SS  8.0
304 SS  7.9
410 SS  7.7

all units in g/cc

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From: [email-masked] (Brian Fairey)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 15:27:05 GMT

On Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:22:23 GMT, [email-masked] (Pat Missin)

>commonest alloys of aluminium, brass and stainless steel? Also the
I bet you want to calculate the weight of something
remember alu is .1 lbs/cu/in
steel .28 and plastic .05

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From: [email-masked] (Orest I Koroluk)
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:04:15 -0400

> commonest alloys of aluminium, brass and stainless steel? Also the

Generic density for general use in lbs/ in. cu.-

Aluminium             0.098
Brass                          0.310
Steel                           0.283
ABS                            0.043

Stainless steel is similar to carbon steel as the higher chromium and
nickel contents tend to offset each other (in terms of density). A
slightly higher value can be used.

Sourced from the Machinery's Handbook 24th ed.

Orest

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