a little help with a visual aid...

[Rick_Nova_Scotia]

Just wondering if anyone knows the physical dimensions of one pound of gold? That is, if you carefully dropped one pound of nuggets into a completely full glass of water, how much water would be displaced? Three cubic inches, four, ten?

thanks,
Rick...

 

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[PBK]

This might be of interest:

http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk//volumeofgold.html

 

[Rick_Nova_Scotia]

Thanks PBK, that's a nice link.

My math when it comes to volume isn't so good. Maybe you can tell me if this looks reasonable.

1 troy ounce = 31.10 grams, and
1 pound = 12 troy ounces = 373.2 grams, and per your link
19.32 grams = 1 cubic cm, and therefore
1 pound = 373.2 grams = 19.32 cubic cm, which finally gives

length X width X height = volume
2.7cm X 2.7cm X 2.7cm = 19.32 cubic cm ( aprox.)

which equals about 1.1 cubic inch of gold per pound.

Does that sound reasonable? It seems too small a volume to me, but then again gold IS heavy.

Rick...

 

[The Beep Goes On]

According to this site, http://www.onlineconversion.com/density.htm...

19.32 gram/cubic centimeter = 0.697 pound/cubic inch

meaning that 0.70 pounds/1 cubic inch is proportional to 1.0 pounds/? cubic inch leads to

? = 1.0/0.70 = 1.43 cubic inches of gold per pound

...at least I think that's right...

TBGO

 

[PBK]

* A cubic inch of gold weighs 315.2 grams = 10.13 troy ounces = 11.06 avoirdupois (ordinary) ounces.
* A cubic foot of gold weighs 545.225 kilos = 1188.6 pounds (avoirdupois).

Source: http://www.24carat.co.uk/densityofgoldandothermetalsframe.html

 

[Rick_Nova_Scotia]

Like I said, my math isn't so great!

Thanks guys...