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BUILDING CODES, LOADS, AND FIRE PROTECTION*

4.6 CHAPTER FOUR

TABLE 4.2 Minimum Densities for Design Loads from Materials
Material Load, lb/ft 3 Material Load, lb/ft 3
Aluminum 170 Glass 160
Bituminous products Gravel, dry 104
Asphaltum 81 Gypsum, loose 70
Graphite 135 Gypsum, wallboard 50
Paraffin 56 Ice 57
Petroleum, crude 55 Iron
Petroleum, refined 50 Cast 450
Petroleum, benzine 46 Wrought 48
Petroleum, gasoline 42 Lead 710
Pitch 69 Lime
Tar 75 Hydrated, loose 32
Brass 526 Hydrated, compacted 45
Bronze 552 Masonry, Ashlar stone
Cast-stone masonry (cement, stone, sand) 144 Granite 165
Cement, portland, loose 90 Limestone, crystalline 165
Ceramic tile 150 Limestone, oolitic 135
Charcoal 12 Marble 173
Cinder fill 57 Sandstone 144
Cinders, dry, in bulk 45 Masonry, brick
Coal Hard (low absorption) 130
Anthracite, piled 52 Medium (medium absorption) 115
Bituminous, piled 47 Soft (high absorption) 100
Lignite, piled 47 Masonry, concrete*
Peat, dry, piled 23 Lightweight units 105
Concrete, plain Medium weight units 125
Cinder 108 Normal weight units 135
Expanded-slag aggregate 100 Masonry, grout 140
Haydite (burned-clay aggregate) 90 Masonry, rubble stone
Slag 132 Granite 153
Stone (including gravel) 144 Limestone, crystalline 147
Vermiculite and perlite aggregate, non-load-bearing 25–50 Limestone, oolitic 138
Other light aggregate, load-bearing 70–105 Marble 156
Concrete, reinforced Sandstone 137
Cinder 111 Mortar, cement or lime 130
Slag 138 Particleboard 45
Stone (including gravel) 150 Plywood 36
Copper 556 Riprap (not submerged)
Cork, compressed 14 Limestone 83
Earth (not submerged) Sandstone 90
Clay, dry 63 Sand
Clay, damp 110 Clean and dry 90
Clay and gravel, dry 100 River, dry 106
Silt, moist, loose 78 Slag
Silt, moist, packed 96 Bank 70
Silt, flowing 108 Bank screenings 108
Sand and gravel, dry, loose 100 Machine 96
Sand and gravel, dry, packed 110 Sand 52
Sand and gravel, wet 120 Slate 172
Earth (submerged) Steel, cold-drawn 492
Clay 80 Stone, quarried, piled
Soil 70 Basalt, granite, gneiss 96
River mud 90 Limestone, marble, quartz 95
Sand or gravel 60 Sandstone 82
Sand or gravel and clay 65 Shale 92
Greenstone, hornblende 107
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