PHYSICS RESOURCES DATABASE

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

DENSITY r = m / V

 

 

SUBSTANCE

DENSITY (kg.m-3)

Air

20 °C, 1 atm, dry

20 °C, 50 atm, dry

 

1.21

60.5

Aluminum

2700

Balsa wood

120

Best laboratory vacuum

1E-17

Black hole

1E19

Blood

Whole

Plasma

 

1060

1030

Bone

1800

Brick

2000

Copper

8900

Cork

250

Diamond

3300

Earth

Average

Core

Crust

 

5500

9500

2800

Glass

2500

Gold

19300

Helium (0 °C, 1 atm)

0.178

Hydrogen (0°C, 1 atm)

0.090

Ice

917

Interstellar space

1E-20

Iron

7900

Lead

11300

Mercury

13600

Neutron star

1E18

Nickel

8800

Oil (olive)

920

Osmium

22500

Oxygen (0 °C, 1 atm)

1.43

Platinum

21500

Silver

10500

Styrofoam

100

Tungsten

19300

Sun

Average

Core

 

1.4E3

1.6E5

Uranium

18700

Uranium nucleus

3E17

Water

20 °C, 1 atm

20 °C, 50 atm

seawater 20 °C, 1 atm

 

998

1000

1024

White dwarf

1E10

 

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