Steel weight calculator

Our weight calculator first calculates the volume of the selected profile based on your entries - length, height, width, etc. It then multiplies this value by the material density to determine the weight.

In short: Weight = volume x density

In principle, the calculation of objects such as steel profiles is not very complicated. All you have to do is multiply the volume of the object by the density of the material to get the desired result.

For example, if you want to calculate the weight of a 1m long square bar made of copper with edge lengths of 10x10mm, you would proceed as follows:

1. Calculate the volume
   10mm x 10mm x 1000mm = 0.1dm³

2. Determine the material density
   A search in the table book shows that the density of copper is 8.96kg/dm³.

3. Calculate weight
   0.1dm³ x 8.96kg/dm³ = 0.896kg

As steel is merely the generic term for a large number of different alloys with different densities, it is not possible to give a general answer to this question. However, you will find a list of some iron alloys below:

• Iron (pure): 7.78kg/dm³
• Cast iron: 7.25kg/dm³
• Unalloyed steel: 7.85kg/dm³
• Steel alloyed: 7.9kg/dm³

Here are a few more details on other metals:

• Gold: 19.3kg/dm³
• Copper: 8.96kg/dm³
• Magnesium: 1.74kg/dm³
• Manganese: 7.43kg/dm³
• Molybdenum: 10.22kg/dm³
• Nickel: 8.91kg/dm³
• Platinum: 21.5kg/dm³
• Silver: 10.5kg/dm³
• Titanium: 4.5kg/dm³
• Tungsten: 19.27kg/dm³
• Zinc: 7.13kg/dm³
• Tin: 7.29kg/dm³