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  2. Bag (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary has a definition of "bag" as "A measure of quantity for produce, varying according to the nature of the commodity" and has quotations illustrating its use for hops in 1679, almonds in 1728 (where it is defined by weight as "about 3 Hundred Weight" i.e. 336 pounds (152 kg) in Imperial units) and potatoes in 1845 ...

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] In the concrete and petroleum industry, however, a bag of cement is defined as 94 lb (43 kg) because it has an apparent volume close to 1 cubic foot (28 litres). [61] When ready-mix concrete is specified, a "bag mix" unit is used as if the batching company mixes 5 literal bags of cement per cubic yard (or cubic metre) when a ...

  4. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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    Volume Unit of measure cubic metre litre Reference size Usage 1 cubic metre = 1 = 1000: base unit in SI 1 barrel = 0.158 987 294 928 = 158.987294928 = 42 US gallons = 9,702 cubic inches: e. g. for oil: 1 cubic foot = 0.028 316 846 592 = 28.316864592 = 1,728 cubic inches: 1 cubic decimetre = 0.001 = 1: 1 litre = 0.001 = 1: 1 gallon (US) = 0.003 ...

  5. Specific weight - Wikipedia

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    The specific weight, also known as the unit weight (symbol γ, the Greek letter gamma), is a volume-specific quantity defined as the weight W divided by the volume V of a material: = / Equivalently, it may also be formulated as the product of density, ρ, and gravity acceleration, g: = Its unit of measurement in the International System of Units (SI) is newton per cubic metre (N/m 3), with ...

  6. Types of concrete - Wikipedia

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    The variable density is normally described in kg per m 3, where regular concrete is 2400 kg/m 3. Variable density can be as low as 300 kg/m 3, [18] although at this density it would have no structural integrity at all and would function as a filler or insulation use only.

  7. Dry measure - Wikipedia

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    Dry measures are units of volume to measure bulk commodities that are not fluids and that were typically shipped and sold in standardized containers such as barrels.They have largely been replaced by the units used for measuring volumes in the metric system and liquid volumes in the imperial system but are still used for some commodities in the US customary system.

  8. Concrete mixer - Wikipedia

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    This leaves only 18,000 pounds (8,200 kg) for concrete to be carried, as 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) is the tare weight of the truck. [7] Silvi Materials front discharge concrete mixer truck with three lift axles including one tag axle. This concrete truck was manufactured by Oshkosh Inc. This Kayaba Rocket concrete mixer delivers concrete in Japan

  9. Coomb (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A coomb was 16 stone (100 kg) for barley and 18 stone (110 kg) for wheat. The US grain markets quote prices as cents per bushel , and a US bushel of grain is about 61 lb (28 kg), which would approximately correspond to the 4-bushel coomb (4 × 61 lb = 244 lb ≈ 111 kg).