Material Weight Calculator
From aluminum to zinc, and balsa wood to plywood, this handy material weight calculator makes it easy to calculate a material’s weight across various profiles.
For technical guidance, please refer to the user guide below the calculator. We’ve also included a series of helpful step-by-step guides below that to show you the process of calculating a material’s weight, as well as handy density reference tables in case you want to calculate weight manually.

How to Use the Material Weight Calculator
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The calculator supports a wide variety of profile types, and you can choose these using the ‘Select a Material Profile’ dropdown in box (1).
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Regardless of the profile type chosen, you can choose from a wide range of material types for your calculation using the ‘Material’ dropdown in box (2). The following material types are available:
Metal- Aluminum
- Brass
- Bronze
- Cast Iron
- Copper
- Gold
- Lead
- Magnesium Alloy
- Manganese
- Mercury
- Mild Steel
- Nickel
- Platinum
- Silver
- Stainless Steel
- Tin
- Titanium
- Zinc
Wood- Balsa
- Bamboo
- Cedar
- Maple
- MDF
- Oak
- OSB
- Pine
- Plywood (Hardwood)
- Plywood (Softwood)
Construction Materials- Brick
- Cement
- Concrete
- Cork
- Drywall/Plasterboard
- Glass
- Granite
- Gravel
- Insulation (Various Types)
- Reinforced Concrete
- Sand
- Tar
Plastic/Rubber- Nylon (6)
- PVC
- Rubber
Other- Ice
- Snow (Compacted)
- Snow (Fresh Falling)
- Water
The ‘Density’ box will automatically be populated based on the material type you choose.
You can update the ‘Density’ figure if needed, although this is based on average industry figures for each material. If you’re using a specific type of material and you know the density, we’d recommend using the real-life figure in your calculation to produce more accurate results.
- You can include multiple units of your chosen profile type in your calculation by changing the figure in the ‘Quantity’ input in box (2).
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Depending on the material profile you are using in your calculation, you’ll need to enter various dimensions, for example, ‘Length’, ‘Width’, ‘Diameter’, ‘Thickness’, or ‘Height’ to name a few.
The calculator is programmed to automatically reformat depending on your chosen material profile, so you’ll only see the relevant dimensions for your particular calculation/material profile type.
The calculator supports several unit types from metric millimeters to imperial feet, and you can choose these using the ‘Unit’ dropdown beside each dimension input field.
!Note: If you choose ‘inch’ as a unit, you’ll need to use either whole or decimal numbers instead of fractions. For example, 0.25 instead of 1/4.
Click the button below to view a table of common material dimensions as decimals that you can use in the calculator:
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Material Weight Calculator – Inch to Decimal Conversion Table 1/8 0.125 1-9/16 1.5625 3-5/8 3.625 5/32 0.15625 1-5/8 1.625 3-11/16 3.6875 3/16 0.1875 1-11/16 1.6875 3-3/4 3.75 7/32 0.21875 1-3/4 1.75 3-13/16 3.8125 1/4 0.25 1-13/16 1.8125 3-7/8 3.875 9/32 0.28125 1-7/8 1.875 3-15/16 3.9375 5/16 0.1325 1-15/16 1.9375 4 4.00 11/32 0.34375 2 2.00 4-1/8 4.125 3/8 0.375 2-1/16 2.0625 4-3/16 4.1875 13/32 0.40625 2-1/8 2.125 4-1/4 4.25 7/16 0.4375 2-3/16 2.1875 4-5/16 4.3125 15/16 0.9375 2-1/4 2.25 4-3/8 4.375 1/2 0.5 2-5/16 2.3125 4-7/16 4.4375 17/32 0.53125 2-3/8 2.375 4-1/2 4.50 9/16 0.5625 2-7/16 2.4375 4-9/16 4.5625 19/32 0.59375 2-1/2 2.50 4-5/8 4.625 5/8 0.625 2-9/16 2.5625 4-11/16 4.6875 11/16 0.6875 2-5/8 2.625 5 5.00 3/4 0.75 2-11/16 2.6875 5-1/16 5.0625 13/16 0.8125 2-3/4 2.75 5-1/8 5.125 7/8 0.875 2-7/8 2.875 5-3/16 5.1875 13/16 0.8125 2-15/16 2.9375 5-1/4 5.25 15/16 0.9375 3 3.00 5-3/8 5.375 1 1.00 3-1/16 3.0625 5-7/16 5.4375 1-1/16 1.0625 3-1/8 3.125 5-1/2 5.50 1-1/8 1.125 3-3/16 3.1875 5-5/8 5.625 1-3/16 1.1875 3-1/4 3.25 5-3/4 5.75 1-1/4 1.25 3-5/16 3.3125 5-7/8 5.875 1-5/16 1.3125 3-3/8 3.375 5-15/16 5.9375 1-3/8 1.375 3-7/16 3.4375 6 6.00 1-7/16 1.4375 3-1/2 3.50 1-1/2 1.50 3-9/16 3.5625
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- Once you’ve entered all of the required information, you can use the ‘Calculate’ button to complete your calculation. You can also reset the material weight calculator using the ‘Reset’ button if you’d like to complete another calculation.
How to Calculate Material Weight
The easiest way to calculate material weight is using our handy calculator above.
If you’d prefer to calculate a material’s weight manually though, you can do so via the following equation:
This equation remains the same whether you’re working with metric units, such as millimeters, or imperial units, such as feet.
As shown in the formula, the first step is to find the volume of the material in question. For basic shapes, for example, cubes or sheets, this should be relatively simple, but it might be trickier for more complex profiles such as hexagonal plates or beams.
You can calculate the volume via the following equation:
The final input is the density of the material in question, which you can define as the material’s ‘mass per unit volume,’ or essentially, how heavy the material is for a given size.
When it comes to density, these figures are readily available for various materials, and we’ve included tables with the density data for a wide variety of materials below.
Let’s look at a real-life example to show you step-by-step how to calculate a material’s weight:
How to Calculate the Weight of a Concrete Slab
When it comes to calculating the weight of our concrete slab, there are a few dimensions that we’re interested in as shown in this diagram:
Whereby:
L = The length of the concrete slab
W = The width of the concrete slab
T = The concrete slab’s thickness
We’re also interested in the density of the concrete slab, but we’ll focus on the dimensions only for now.
For this example, let’s assume the following dimensions for our concrete slab:
- Length: 2m
- Width: 1m
- Thickness: 0.1m
The first step is to determine the volume of the concrete slab, and we’ll get this by multiplying the cross-sectional area by the slab’s length, as mentioned above.
1) To get the area, we’ll multiply the slab’s width by its thickness as per the following equation:
Area = 1m x 0.1m
Area = 0.1m2
2) Now that we have the slab’s cross-sectional area, we can calculate its overall volume using the following equation:
Volume = 0.1m2 x 2m
Volume = 0.2m3
3) The final step is to multiply the slab’s volume by the density of concrete to find the overall weight. We’ll use a density of 2300kg/m3 for the concrete in our calculation as follows:
Weight = 0.2m3 x 2300kg/m3
Weight = 460kg
As shown, multiplying the volume figure we’ve just calculated by the known typical density of concrete gives us a final weight of 460kg for our concrete slab.
Quick Reference Information – Material Density Tables
The following tables show the density data for both metric and imperial measurements for various types of material:
Construction Material Density Table
Construction Material Density Information |
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Construction Material Type |
Density |
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Metric |
Imperial |
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Brick | 1920 kg/m3 | 119.9 lb/ft3 | ||
Cement | 1400 kg/m3 | 87.4 lb/ft3 | ||
Concrete | 2300 kg/m3 | 143.6 lb/ft3 | ||
Cork | 120 kg/m3 | 7.5 lb/ft3 | ||
Drywall | 612 kg/m3 | 38.2 lb/ft3 | ||
Glass | 2700 kg/m3 | 168.6 lb/ft3 | ||
Granite | 2600 kg/m3 | 162.3 lb/ft3 | ||
Gravel | 1800 kg/m3 | 112.4 lb/ft3 | ||
Insulation (Polystyrene Board) |
34 kg/m3 | 2.1 lb/ft3 | ||
Insulation (Mineral Wool – Light) |
25 kg/m3 | 1.55 lb/ft3 | ||
Insulation (Mineral Wool – Medium) |
110 kg/m3 | 6.9 lb/ft3 | ||
Insulation (Mineral Wool – Dense) |
200 kg/m3 | 12.5 lb/ft3 | ||
Reinforced Concrete | 2400 kg/m3 | 149.8 lb/ft3 | ||
Sand | 1650 kg/m3 | 103 lb/ft3 | ||
Tar | 1275 kg/m3 | 79.6 lb/ft3 |
Metal Density Table
Metal Density Information |
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Metal Type |
Density |
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Metric |
Imperial |
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Aluminum | 2700 kg/m3 | 168.6 lb/ft3 | ||
Brass | 8730 kg/m3 | 545 lb/ft3 | ||
Bronze | 8900 kg/m3 | 555.6 lb/ft3 | ||
Cast Iron | 7200 kg/m3 | 449.5 lb/ft3 | ||
Copper | 8960 kg/m3 | 559.4 lb/ft3 | ||
Gold | 1932 kg/m3 | 120.6 lb/ft3 | ||
Lead | 11300 kg/m3 | 705.4 lb/ft3 | ||
Magnesium Alloy | 1830 kg/m3 | 114.2 lb/ft3 | ||
Manganese | 8000 kg/m3 | 499.4 lb/ft3 | ||
Mercury | 13600 kg/m3 | 849 lb/ft3 | ||
Mild Steel | 7850 kg/m3 | 490.1 lb/ft3 | ||
Nickel | 9000 kg/m3 | 561.9 lb/ft3 | ||
Platinum | 21500 kg/m3 | 1342.2 lb/ft3 | ||
Silver | 10600 kg/m3 | 661.7 lb/ft3 | ||
Stainless Steel | 7930 kg/m3 | 495.1 lb/ft3 | ||
Tin | 7500 kg/m3 | 468.2 lb/ft3 | ||
Titanium | 4500 kg/m3 | 280.9 lb/ft3 | ||
Zinc | 7200 kg/m3 | 449.5 lb/ft3 |
Wood / Timber Density Table
Wood / Timber Density Information |
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Wood / Timber Type |
Density |
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Metric |
Imperial |
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Balsa | 170 kg/m3 | 10.6 lb/ft3 | ||
Bamboo | 350 kg/m3 | 21.9 lb/ft3 | ||
Cedar | 380 kg/m3 | 23.7 lb/ft3 | ||
Maple | 755 kg/m3 | 47.1 lb/ft3 | ||
MDF | 700 kg/m3 | 43.7 lb/ft3 | ||
Oak | 600 kg/m3 | 37.5 lb/ft3 | ||
OSB | 640 kg/m3 | 40.0 lb/ft3 | ||
Pine | 450 kg/m3 | 28.1 lb/ft3 | ||
Plywood (Hardwood) | 675 kg/m3 | 42.1 lb/ft3 | ||
Plywood (Softwood) | 550 kg/m3 | 34.3 lb/ft3 |
Rubber / Plastic Density Table
Rubber / Plastic Density Information |
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Rubber / Plastic Type |
Density |
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Metric |
Imperial |
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Nylon (6) | 1130 kg/m3 | 70.5 lb/ft3 | ||
PVC | 1275 kg/m3 | 79.6 lb/ft3 | ||
Rubber | 1060 kg/m3 | 66.2 lb/ft3 |
Other Substances Density Table
Other Substances Density Information |
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Material Type |
Density |
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Metric |
Imperial |
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Ice | 920 kg/m3 | 57.4 lb/ft3 | ||
Snow (Compacted) | 500 kg/m3 | 31.2 lb/ft3 | ||
Snow (Fresh Falling) | 100 kg/m3 | 6.2 lb/ft3 | ||
Water | 1000 kg/m3 | 62.4 lb/ft3 |
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