how much does one gallon of propane gas weigh?

Question

when u buy propane gas by the gallon for home tanks it is sold by the gallon when u refill a small tank it is sold by the pound how much will a hundred pounds weigh

Answer 1

propane is 4.2 pounds per gallon as a liquid

Answer 2

Propane Weight Per Gallon

Answer 3

1 Gallon Propane Tank

Answer 4

I assume that you want to know how much 100 *gallons* of propane weighs. It weighs approximately 424 pounds.

Add about:
380 pounds if stored in a 150 gallon tank or
480 pounds if stored in a 250 gallon tank or
940 pounds if stored in a 500 gallon tank
to get total weight with container.

Answer 5

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How much does one gallon of propane gas weigh?
when u buy propane gas by the gallon for home tanks it is sold by the gallon when u refill a small tank it is sold by the pound how much will a hundred pounds weigh

Answer 6

At a temperature of 60 degrees F. liquid propane weighs 4.24 lbs per gallon. Your hundred pound tank would have to have a capacity of 23.6 gallons. Since propane is not compressible in liquid form, it is equally valid to measure by the gallon or by the pound. The change in density of liquid propane relative to change in temperature of the pressurized liquid is negligible, and comparable to the change in density of liquid water when temperature changes. So the suggestion in another answer here that propane will have variable density according to temperature in liquid form is misleading.

http://www.mipga.org/PhysProp.htm

In order to keep propane in liquid form within a tank at 60 degrees F. the pressure in the tank has to be at least 92 psi. Since propane in liquid form cannot be compressed, there is little need to compress it beyond the pressure at which propane becomes liquid. At higher ambient temperatures than 60 degrees F. the vapor pressure in the tank wil rise, but the volume and weight of the liquid inside the tank will remain essentially unchanged.

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Answer 7

Propane gas has a density of 1.83 kg/m3. There are 264 gallons in one cubic meter. There are 2.2 pounds in one kilogram.

1.83 kg/m3 x 1m3/264 gallons x 2.2 pounds/1 kg = 0.01525 pounds.

It is a different story if you are calculating the weight of liquid propane.

Liquid propane has a density that varies with temperature, so there is not a single answer. Assuming a density of 32 pounds per cubic foot at 60 degrees F, and given that one cubic foot equals 7.5 gallons:

32lb/1ft3 x 1ft3/32 lb = 4.26666 pounds per gallon.

Now, to answer your question, one hundred pounds of propane weighs one hundred pounds.

Answer 8

Propane Boiling Point: -44°F

Propane, liquid* =>
Weight: 4.24 lb./gal.
Specific Gravity: 0.51

Propane, gas* =>
Specific Gravity = 1.52
(Being a ratio of densities, specific gravity is a dimensionless quantity)
Unit of work, BTU/gal. = 91,547
Unit of work, BTU/lb. = 21,591
Unit of work, BTU/cu ft. = 2,516

*at 60°F (Pay attention to the Ideal Gas Law, PV=nRT)
"An improper air/gas mixture [of any gas, incl. natural] can produce carbon monoxide (CO) that is a deadly product of incomplete combustion." Suffocation is possible!! dCb

Answer 9

100 Pounds is a weight, you just answered you rown question. And the weight of one gallon of propane is dependent on the pressure. Gas in a tank is at much higher pressure than normal atmospheric levels.

Answer 10

100 lbs weighs 100 lbs