Scrap lead
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Polchraine
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Re: Scrap lead
A block of lead 44.5 cm on each side (17.5") weighs 1 Tonne. Or for the Luddites, 44.7cm or 17.6" for 1 Ton.
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Re: Scrap lead
Wouldn't that size figure be slightly different based on temperature and air pressure...Polchraine wrote:A block of lead 44.5 cm on each side (17.5") weighs 1 Tonne. Or for the Luddites, 44.7cm or 17.6" for 1 Ton.
Re: Scrap lead
I would measure it but unfortunately its all gone we are waiting on another delivery. It was bunged in the smelter and cast into things that glow in the night. 
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Polchraine
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Re: Scrap lead
TattooedGun wrote:Wouldn't that size figure be slightly different based on temperature and air pressure...Polchraine wrote:A block of lead 44.5 cm on each side (17.5") weighs 1 Tonne. Or for the Luddites, 44.7cm or 17.6" for 1 Ton.
It is normal practice to assume STP unless specified otherwise! And even for a 20 degree rise the difference would be lost in rounding!
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