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how much does 1 Cubic Inch of .999 Gold weigh ?

no fair looking it up !
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    About a pound?
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    More than I can afford!
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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    My guess would be about 10 oz.?
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    Pure guestimate... 10 or 11 ounces.
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  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349
    1.3 oz. image

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    10.1 troy ounces.
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  • Kinda makes ya wonder about them old western movies where they load up the burro or jackass with a bunch of gold ingots !
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  • Aegis3Aegis3 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭
    A little bit over 120 grams based on some back of the envelope calculations

    Edit: D'OH! I only squared 2.54, not cubed it. I agree with ziggy at just over 310 grams, now.
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  • I'll go 9oz cuz 10 was taken
  • anoldgoatanoldgoat Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭
    ~16.4oz?
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I believe it's about 19 grams per cubic centimeter. There's about 2.54 cm in an inch, so one cubic inch is 2.54^3 = about 16.4 cm^3.

    So I'll say 19 * 16.4 = 311.6 grams, or about 11+ ounces (avoirdupois).
  • buncha great guesses and smoe not so great !

    i believe its right at 10 ozs.

    if ya look at them ingots they throw about 40 of on the Burro in the movies,they weigh about 120 lbs ea !

    dats about 4800 lbs on a 600 lb animal !
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  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭


    << <i>buncha great guesses and smoe not so great !

    i believe its right at 10 ozs.

    if ya look at them ingots they throw about 40 of on the Burro in the movies,they weigh about 120 lbs ea !

    dats about 4800 lbs on a 600 lb animal ! >>



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    thats over 2 tons
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    2.54^3 (cm/in) * 19.3 (gm/cm^3) / 31.3 (gm/troy oz.)
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  • Yep almost exactly 10 troy oz. Most people don't realize just how heavy gold really is. A cube of gold 14 1/3 inches on a side would weigh one standard ton. A bar the size of a standard house brick (2X4X8) weighs 43 pounds.

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