Density Conversion Table

About Density Conversions

Density is mass per unit volume, one of the most used properties in materials science and fluid mechanics. The SI unit is kilograms per cubic metre (kg/m³), and fresh water near 4 °C lands almost exactly at 1000 kg/m³, which equals 1 g/cm³, 1 g/mL, and about 62.428 lb/ft³. That simple coincidence is deliberate: the original gram was defined as the mass of one cubic centimetre of water. Engineers pick units by context: chemistry and laboratory work use g/cm³ or g/mL; process plants and petroleum use kg/m³ or API gravity; US construction uses pounds per cubic foot; and fuel and paint spec sheets often list pounds per gallon. Lead comes in at about 11.34 g/cm³ (708 lb/ft³), aluminium at 2.70 g/cm³ (168 lb/ft³), and structural steel at roughly 7.85 g/cm³ (490 lb/ft³). Our converter uses exact definitions (1 lb = 0.45359237 kg, 1 ft = 0.3048 m), so computed values match reference tables published by NIST and ASTM.