ciderman Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Quick question , What does 1 litre of diesel weigh ? Metric please . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hiatt Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I kilo, give or take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 820g to 950g according to this linky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Excellent , Thank you chaps . sorry its not me being paranoid about truck weight before Steve 90 barks up , Simply working out some trailer weights to carry plant . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 didn't think plants ran on diesel, just rain/sunlight & a bit of CO2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 didn't think plants ran on diesel, just rain/sunlight & a bit of CO2 Ralph , You forgot your coat . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 The petrol in mine seems to lose weight alarmingly fast if that helps Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Ralph , You forgot your coat . don't need my coat, off to bed shortly, but cheers anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8CAMEL Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 i thought one litre of diesel weighed about the same as one litre of cider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Ive never had a litre of cider around long enough to weigh it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticbadger Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Normal deisel weighs 860g per litre (1000ml) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Normal deisel weighs 860g per litre (1000ml) Cheers dude , Is this gospel ? Im bordering on the weight threshold so I have to account for everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Cheers dude , Is this gospel ? Im bordering on the weight threshold so I have to account for everything I think it varies quite a bit depending on composition but it sounds about right. I'm not sure how much the composition gets changed throughout the seasons in this country but winter diesel will be slightly less dense (using shorter chains to prevent waxing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 yeah specific gravity of diesel is 0.86 (although it does depend on the mix to some degree) and pterol is about 0.73. Pure Water at 4degrees C is the baseline of 1.00 and 1litre of water weighs 1kg. That's why a cubic metre of water weighs a tonne (there being a thousand litres in a cubic metre) a quick google gives Specifc gravity of various oils and fuels. I konw that Iodine has a very very high specific gravity- up around 5- which means a cubic metre of iodine weighs 5ton! anyone know of anything denser (ignoring metals and metalhalides)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticbadger Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 As Pugwash states 860g per litre diesel, but we use 760g per litre for Unleaded petrol. This is at 4 degrees, at government approved pump mix. We use these figures for building boats and all of the major governing bodies for boat safety and insurance reconise these figures (Lloyd Register, DNV, Maritime Coastgaurd Agency etc..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Im bordering on the weight threshold so I have to account for everything i thought that was Lardys problem? you been on the pies Jase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 i thought that was Lardys problem?you been on the pies Jase? Ha ! you may mock mr T but you wont recognise Lardy when you see him next . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 yeah specific gravity of diesel is 0.86 (although it does depend on the mix to some degree) and pterol is about 0.73. Pure Water at 4degrees C is the baseline of 1.00 and 1litre of water weighs 1kg. That's why a cubic metre of water weighs a tonne (there being a thousand litres in a cubic metre)a quick google gives Specifc gravity of various oils and fuels. I konw that Iodine has a very very high specific gravity- up around 5- which means a cubic metre of iodine weighs 5ton! anyone know of anything denser (ignoring metals and metalhalides)? Jim, great link. OT, yes Iodine is pretty dense but looking through my old data book (because I was interested to see if I could find anything as nothing sprung to mind) I've found a couple of other non metal containing compounds that are more dense than molecular Iodine: - SiCl4 = 7.59 g/cm3 @ 203K - The Xenon fludides and oxide are close at between 4 and 5 g/cm3 but these don't really count - Tetraiodomethane (CI4) is quite close @ 4.32 g/cm3 - Astatine should higher too but there isn't a figure for it. Again, it doesn't really count as its not a readily available chemical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Ooo , This is getting good , Now is antifreeze quite dence , Just wondered Because its more of a struggle lifting 205 litre drum up onto the barrel bund that a drum of engine oil ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 well a drum of antifreeze (assuming it is neat Triethylene glycol- which it isn't, but i haven't a clue what goes in it) would weigh 256kg whereas a drum of engine oil would weigh around 184kg. A considerable difference and probably the heaviest thing you haev in the car unless you routinely carry around barrels of Treacle (hmmmmmmmmm treacle) which is 1.5 times heavier, or Sulphuric acid which is twice as heavy as water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 probably the heaviest thing you haev in the car Aw Cmon Jim , You know who that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Aw Cmon Jim , You know who that is PMSL - new keyboard required! Ha ! you may mock mr T but you wont recognise Lardy when you see him next . hes even bigger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 PMSL - new keyboard required!hes even bigger? No hes had a hair cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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