Brabender Ingredient Bulk Density Table

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IngredientBulk Density (lb/cu.ft.)

Loose PackedAdipic Acid 45Alfalfa Meal 14 22Alfalfa Pellets 41 43Alfalfa Seed 10 15Almonds broken 27 30Almonds whole shelled

28 30

Alum fine 45 50Alum lumpy 50 60Alumina 55 65Alumina fines 35Alumina sized or briquette 65Aluminate gel 45Aluminate hydroxideAluminum chips, oily 7 15Aluminum hydrate 13 20Aluminum ore (see bauxite)Aluminum Oxide 60 120Aluminum Silicate (andalusite) 49Aluminum Sulfate 45 58Ammonium Chloride, crystalline 45 52Ammonium nitrate 45 62Ammonium sulfate 45 58Antimony PowderApple pomace, dry 15Arsenate of lead (see lead arsenate)Arsenic oxide (arsenolite) 100 120Arsenic pulverized 30Asbestos rock (ore) 81Asbestos shredded 20 40Ash, black ground 105Ashes, coal, dry 1/2” 35 45Ashes, coal, dry 3” 35 40Ashes, coal, wet 3” 45 50Ashes, fly (see fly ash)Asphalt, crushed 1/2” 45Bagasse 7 10Bakelite, fine 30 45Baking powder 40 55Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) 40 55Barite (barium sulfate) +1/2-3” 120 180Barite powder 120 180Barium carbonate 72Bark, wood, refuse 10 20


Loose PackedBarley, fine, ground 24 38Barley, malted 31Barley, meal 28Barley, whole 36 48Basalt 80 105Bauzite, dry, ground 68Bauzite, crushed - 3” 75 85Beans, castor, meal 35 40Beans, castor, whole, shelled 36Beans, navy, dry 48Beans, navy, steeped 60Bentonite, crude 34 40Bentonite, 100-mesh 50 60Benzene hexachloride 56Bicarbonate of soda (see baking soda)Blood, dried 35 45Blood, ground, dried 30Bone ash (tricalcium phosphate) 40 50Boneblack 20 25Bonchar 27 40Bonemeal 50 60Bones, whole 35 50Bones, crushed 35 50Bones, ground 50Borate of lime 60Borax, fine 45 55Borax, screening 1/2” 55 60Borax, 1/2-2”, lump 55 60Borax, 2-3”, lump 60 70Boric acid, fine 55Boron 75Bran (rice-rye-wheat) 16 20Braunite (manganese oxide) 120Bread crumbs 20 25Brewer’s grain, spend, dry 14 30Brewer’s grain, spent, wet 55 60Brick, ground, 1/8” 100 120Bronze chips 30 50Buckwheat 42 47Calcine, flour 75 85Calcium carbide 70 90Calcium carbonate(see limestone)

Reference InformationIngredient Bulk Density Table


Ingredient Bulk Density Table


Loose PackedCalcium fluoride(see fluorspar)Calcium hydrate(see lime, hydrated)Calcium hydroxide(see lime, hydrated)Calcium lactate 26 29Calcium oxide(see lime, unslaked)Calcium phosphate 40 50Calcium sulphate(see gypsum)Carbon, activated, dry, fineCarbon black, pelleted Carbon black, powderCarborundum 100Casein 36Cashew nuts 32 37Cast iron chips 180 200Caustic soda 88Caustic soda, flakes 47Celite (see diatoma-ceous earth)Cement, clinker 75 95Cement, motar 133Cement, portland 94Cement, aerated, portland 60 75Cerrusite (see lead carbonate)Chalk, crushed 75 95Chalk, pulverized 67 75Charcoal, ground 18 38Charcoal, lumps 18 28Chocolate, cake, pressed 40 45Chrome ore 125 140Cinders, blast furnace 57Cinders, coal 40Clay (see bentonite, diatomaceous earth)(also Fuller’s earth, Kaolin, marl)Clay, ceramic, dry, fines 60 80Clay, calcined 80 100Clay, brick, dry, fines 100 120Clay, dry, lumpy 60 75Clinker, cement (see cement, clinker)Clover seed 45 48Coal, anthracite, (river & calm)

55 61

Coal, anthracite, sized, 1/2”

49 61

Coal, bituminous, mined

40 60


Loose PackedCoal, bituminous,mined, sized

45 50

Coal, bituminous,mined, slack

43 50

Coal, lignite 37 45Cocoa beans 30 45Cocoa nibs 35Cocoa, powdered 30 35Cocoanut, shredded 20 22Coffee, chaff 20Coffee, green bean 25 32Coffee, ground, dry 25Coffee, ground, wet 35 45Coffee, roasted bean 20 30Coffee, soluble 19Coke, breeze 25 35Coke, loose 23 35Coke, petrol, calcined

35 45

Compost 30 50Concrete, pre-mix, dry 85 120Copper ore 120 150Copper ore, crushed 100 150Copper sulfate (bluestone) 75 95Copperas (see ferrous sulphate)Copra, cake ground 40 45Copra, cake lumpy 25 30Copra, lumpy 22Copra, meal 40 45Cork, fine ground 5 15Cork, granulated 12 15Corn, cracked 40 50Corn cobs, ground 17Corn cobs, whole 12 15Corn, ear 56Corn, germ 21Corn grits 40 45Corn meal 32 40Corn oil, cake 25Corn seed 45Corn shelled 45Corn sugar 30 35Cottonseed, cake, crushed 40 45Cottonseed, cake, lumpy 40 45Cottonseed, dry, delinted 22 40Cottonseed, dry, not delinted 18 25Cottonseed, flakes 20 25Cottonseed, hulls 12Cottonseed, meal, expeller 25 30Cottonseed, meal, extracted 35 40




Loose PackedCottonseed, meats, dry 40Cottonseed, meats, rolled 35 40Cracklings, crushed 40 50Cryolite, dust 75 90Cryolite, lumpy 90 110Cullet, fine 80 120Cullet, lumpy 80 120Culm (see coal, anthracite) 80 120Cupric sulphate (see copper sulphateDetergent (see soap detergent)Diatomaceous earth 11 17Dicalcium phosphate 40 50Disodium phosphate 25 31Distiller’s grain, spent, dry 30Distiller’s grain, wet 40 60Dolomite, crushed 80 100Dolomite, lumpy 90 100Earth, loam, dry, loose 76Ebonite, crushed 63 70Egg powder 16Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate)

40 50

Feldspar, ground 65 80Feldspar, lumps 90 100Feldspar, powder 100Feldspar, screenings 75 80Ferrous sulphide 1/2” 120 135Ferrous sulphide 100M

105 120

Ferrous sulphate 50 75Fish meal 35 40Fish scrap 40 50Flaxseed 43 45Flaxseed cake (linseed cake) 48 50Flaxseed mean (linseed meal) 25 45Flour wheat 33 40Flue dust, basic oxygen furnace 45 60Flue dust, blast furnace

110 125

Flue dust, boiler H. dry

30 45

Fluorspar, fine (calcium fluoride) 80 100Fluorspar, lumps 90 110Flyash 30 45Foundry sand, dry (see sand)Fuller’s earth, dry, raw 30 40Fuller’s earth, oily spent 60 65Fuller’s earth, calcined 40Galena (see lead sulfide)


Loose PackedGelatine, granulated 32Gilsonite 37Glass, batch 80 100Glue, ground 40Glue, pearl 40Glue, veg. powdered 40Gluten, meal 40Granite, fine 80 90Grape pomace 15 20Graphite flake 40Graphite flour 28Graphite ore 65 75Guano, dry 70Gypsum, calcined 55 60Gypsum, calcined, powdered 60 80Gypsum, raw - 1” 70 80Hay, chopped 8 12Hexanedioic acid (see adipic acid)Hominy, dry 35 50Hops, spent, dry 35Hops, spent, wet 50 55Ice, crushed 35 45Ice, flaked 40 45Ice, cubes 33 35Ice, shell 33 35Ilmenite ore 140 160Iron ore concentrate 120 180Iron oxide pigment 25Iron oxide millscale 75Iron pyrites (see ferrous sulfide)Iron Sulphate (see ferrous sulfate)Iron Sulfide (see ferrous sulfide)Iron vitriol (see ferrous sulfate)Kafir (corn) 40 45Kaolin clay 63Kaolin clay-talc 42 56Kryalith (see cryolite)Lactose 32Lamp black (see carbon black)Lead arsenate 72Lead arsenite 72Lead carbonate 240 260Lead ore - 1/8” 200 270Lead ore - 1/2” 180 230Lead oxide (red lead) 100 mesh 30 150Lead oxide (red lead) 200 mesh 30 180Lead sulfide - 100 mesh 240 260Lignite (see coal lignite)Limanite, ore, brown 120




Loose PackedLime, ground, unslaked 60 65Lime, hudrated 40Lime, hudrated, pulverized 32 40Lime, pebble 53 56Limestone, agricultural 68Limestone, crushed 85 90Limestone, dust 55 95Lindane (see benzene hexachloride)Linseed (see flaxseed)Litharge (see lead oxide)Lithopone 45 50Maize (see milo)Malt, dry, ground 20 30Malt, meal 36 40Malt, dry, whole 20 30Malt, sprouts 13 15Magnesium chloride (magnesite) 33Manganese dioxide 70 85Manganese ore 125 140Manganese oxide 120Manganese sulfate 70Marble, crushed 80 95Marl, clay 80Meat, ground 50 55Meat, scrap (w/bone) 40Mica, flakes 17 22Mica, ground 13 15Mica, pulverized 13 15Milk, dried, flake 5 6Milk, malted 27 30Milk, powdered 20 45Milk, sugar 32Milk, whole powdered 20 36Mill scale (steel) 120 125Milo, ground 32 36Milo, maize (kafir) 40 45Molybdenite powder 107Monosodium phosphate 50Mortar, wet 150Mustard seed 45Naphthalene flakes 45Niacin (nicotinic acid) 35Oats 26Oats, crimped 19 26Oats, crushed 22Oats, flour 35Oat hulls 8 12Oats, rolled 19 24


Loose PackedOleo margarine 59Orange peel, dry 15Oxalic acid crystals, ethane diacid crystals

60

Oyster shells, ground 50 60Oyster shells, whole 80 80Paper pulp(4% or less) 62Paper pulp (6% to 15%) 60 62Paraffin cake - 1/2” 45Peanuts, clean in shell 15 20Peanut meal 30Peanuts, raw, uncleaned unshelled

15 20

Peanuts, shelled 35 45Peas, dried 45 50Perlite, expanded 8 12Phosphate acid fertilizer 60Phosphate disodium (see sodium phosphate)Phosphate rock, broken 75 85Phosphate rock, pulverized 60Phosphate sand 90 100Plaster of paris (see gypsum)Plumbago (see graphite)Polystyrene beads 40Polyvinyl, chloride powder 20 30Polyvinyl, chloride pellets 20 30Polyethylene resin pellets 30 35Potash (muriate) dry 70Potash (muriate) mine rum 75Potassium carbonate 51Potassium chloride pellets 120 130Potassium nitrate, 1/2” 76Potassium nitrate, 1/8” 80Potassium sulfate 42 48Potato flour 48Pumice, 1/8” 42 48Pyrite pellets 120 130Quartz, 100-mesh 70 80Quartz, 1/2” 80 90Rice, bran 20Rice, grits 42 45Rice, polished 30Rice, hulled 45 49Rice, hulls 20 21Rice, rough 32 36Rosin, 1/2” 65 68Rubber, reclaimed, ground 23 50Rubber, pelleted 50 55Rye 42 48




Loose PackedRye bran 15 20Rye feed 33Rye meal 35 40Rye middlings 42Rye, shorts 32 33Safflower, cake 50Safflower, meal 50Safflower, seed 45Saffron (see safflower)Sal ammoniac (see ammonium chloride)Salt, cake, dry coarse 85Salt, cake, dry pulverized 65 85Salicylic acid 29Salt, dry coarse 45 60Salt, dry, fine 70 80Saltpeter (see potassium nitrate)Sand, dry, bank (damp) 110 130Sand, dry, bank (dry) 90 110Sand, dry, silica 90 100Sand, foundry (shake out) 90 100Sand (resin-coated) silica 104Sand (resin-coated) zircon 115Sawdust, dry 10 13Sea-coal 65Sesame seed 27 41Shale, crushed 85 90Shellac, powdered or granulated 31Silicon dioxide (see quartz)Silica, flour 80Silica gel 1/2-3” 45Slag, blast furnace crushed 130 180Slag, furnace, granular, dry 60 65Slate, crushed, 1/2” 80 90Slate, ground 1/8” 82 85Sludge, sewage, dried 40 50Sludge, sewage, dry ground 45 55Soap, beads or granules 15 35Soap, chips 15 25Soap, detergent 15 50Soap, flakesSoap, powderSoapstone, talc fine 40 50Soda ash, heavy 55 65Soda ash, light 20 35Sodium aluminate, ground 72Sodium aluminum fluoride (see kryolite)Sodium aluminum sulfate 75


Loose PackedSodium bentonite (see bentonite)Sodium bicarbonate (see baking soda)Sodium chloride (see salt)Sodium carbonate (see soda ash)Sodium hydrate (see caustic soda)Sodium hydroxide (see caustic soda)Sodium borate (see borax)Sodium nitrate 70 80Sodium phosphate 50 60Sodium sulfate (see salt cake)Sodium sulfite 96Sorghum, seed (see kafir or milo)Soybean, cake 40 43Soybean, cracked 30 40Soybean, flake, raw 18 25Soybean, flour 27 30Soybean meal, cold 40Soybean meal, hot 40Soybean whole 45 50Starch 25 50Steel turnings, crushed 100 150Sugar beet, pulp, dry 12 15Sugar beet, pulp, wet 25 45Sugar, refined, granulated, dry 50 55Sugar, refined, granulated, wet 55 65Sugar, powdered 50 60Sugar, raw 55 65Sugar, crushed - 1/2” 50 60Sulphur, lumpy, 3” 80 85Sulphur, powdered 50 60Sunflower seed 19 38Talcum, 1/2” 80 90Talcum powder 50 60Tanbark, ground 55Timothy seed 36Titanium dioxide (see ilmenite ore)Tobacco, scraps 15 25Tobacco, snuff 30Tricalcium phosphate 40 50Triple super phosphate 50 55Trisodium phosphate 60Trisodium phosphate, granular 60Trisodium phosphate, pulverized 50Tung nut meats, crushed 28Tung nuts 25 30Urea Prills, coated 43 46Vermiculite, expanded 16



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Loose PackedVermiculite, ore 80Vetch 48Walnut shells, crushed 35 45Wheat 45 48Wheat, cracked 40 45Wheat, germ 18 28White lead ,dry 75 100Wood chips, screened 10 30Wood flour 16 36Wood shavings 8 16Zinc, concentrate residue 75 78Zinc oxide, heavy 30 35Zinc oxide, light 10 15

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