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Wed 26 Sep, 2007 08:38 am
I am looking for the answer to how much does an ounce of lead weigh?
or how many ounces of lead are in a pound?
and if this is not correct .. how are metals such as lead measured?
Re: Lead weight
mse wrote:I am looking for the answer to how much does an ounce of lead weigh?
or how many ounces of lead are in a pound?
and if this is not correct .. how are metals such as lead measured?
an ounce of lead weighs.... an ounce.
there are 16 ounces (of anything) in one pound.
metals, or anything else, can be measured in nearly innumerable ways. what is it exactly that you're wanting to do?
What if the lead is a liquid? Then how much does it weigh?
Would you think it changes weight because it's liquid?
I know liquidities sometimes are heavy in the pocket but....
Francis what do you think?
It not what I think, it's what it IS.
Lead, either liquid or solid, weighs the same weight.
Obviously, when you heat the lead, it will free some infinitesimal amount of gas, that will change the weight by a real small fraction.
But then, you can reply that if you heat the lead in an enclosure, the weight will remain the same.
And this is valid for any substance...
TTH wrote:What if the lead is a liquid? Then how much does it weigh?
So you want to know how much a liquid ounce of lead weighs - that I can't answer off the top of my head. I'm sure you can look it up though.
TTH wrote:What if the lead is a liquid? Then how much does it weigh?
What weight unit? The kirgistani unit scale has two krakes to a liquid taffal. And of course eight and three quarter taffals to each krakenhofer.
are you all serious? why is there so much discussion about this obvious topic? seeing as this is his only post, it's probably a bored kid who wanted to poke fun at us
an ounce is obvious an ounce, nothing more, nothing less...
averner wrote:are you all serious? why is there so much discussion about this obvious topic? seeing as this is his only post, it's probably a bored kid who wanted to poke fun at us
an ounce is obvious an ounce, nothing more, nothing less...
well, no, not really. there is an ounce as a measure of weight and one as a measure of volume. the two are not always equal.
The question makes sense if it is the specific gravity [ie. density (mass per unit of volume) of a material vs. the density of water, in which case it would depend upon the type of lead eg. cast, red, white etc.] that is sought.
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