what is the density of steel?

Answer 1

7.86 grams per cubic centimeter for plain carbon steel
7.9 for type 304 stainless steel

Answer 2

Density of Steel
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Topic 3.5b Stress probs 2 (determinate). University of Wisconsin-Stout Physics Department, 20 January 1998. "The density of steel is 490 pounds per cubic foot." 7.85 g/cm3
Alcir Grohmann. Polystyrene Cutter. Ask A Scientist. Argonne National Laboratory. "To know the area : you could weight [sic] the wire and considering that the density of steel is approximately 7.8 g/cm3 having the length you can estimate the Area [sic]." 7.8 g/cm3
Materials Sorted by Category Then Density. Marcus Materials. [See Table 1] 7.47 - 8.03 g/cm3
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 75th edition. Florida: Chemical Rubber Co, 1994. [See Table 2] 7.86 - 7.9 g/cm3
Scott Hawkins. Re: What is the density of steel? MadSci Network. 11 September 1997. "the short answer to your question is that the density of plain mild steel is 7.85." 7.85 g/cm3



In Short........7.85 g/cm^3

Answer 3

Density is the differential between mass divided by volume.

D=M/v

The density of Iron, which is the main element in steel is 7.8 grams per cubic centimeter.

However, it doesn't stop there because steel is made of iron and another atom, carbon.

The density of carbon is .05 - .06 grams per cubic centimeter in light graphite form depending on the carbon isotope used. Since carbon comes in 3 isotopes with varying atomic weights, its hard to say without more info.

Total carbon steel is 7.85 grams per cubic centimeter. However this density can vary depending on how complex the carbon alloy gets and which carbon isotope atoms are alloyed to the steel. Stainless steel is over 8 grams per cubic centimeter.

Answer: Inconclusive because you haven't given enough specifics as to what kind of steel you are talking about.

Answer 4

for plain steel (carbon) it is 7.87 grams and for stainless it is 7.81 gms.