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This page contains information to help content creators create particular commodities for use with Trainz, by providing basic information as to the density, weight, or volume of particular commodities, so that those commodities can be used realistically in game. 

== How to use this page ==
If the commodity you wish to model happens to not yet be listed in the table, you may need to use ordinary research methods to find the weight of the commodity, or for commodities in bulk, the density. 




=== Agricultural products === 

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|Product name||Product form||Density or weight (Imperial measure)||Density or weight (Metric measure)||Hazardous class||Source||comment
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|Oats, no 1 (US)||Bulk||33.8 pounds per cubic foot||541 kg per cubic meter||  ||[[Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oats]]||
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|Oats, no 1 (Canada)||Bulk||34.3 pounds per cubic foot||549 kg per cubic meter||  ||[[Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oats]]
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|Oats, Prime Milling (Australia)||Bulk||32.8 pounds per cubic foot||525 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://www.graintrade.org.au/sites/default/files/file/Commodity%20Standards/2013_2014/Section%2002%20-%20Oats%20Standards%20201314%20Final.pdf GTA Oat Standards 2013/2014] ||
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|Corn, no 1 (US)||Bulk||45 pounds per cubic foot||722.3 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://www.gipsa.usda.gov/publications/fgis/handbooks/gihbk2_insphb.html USDA grain inspection handbook]||
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|Corn, no 1 (Canada)||Bulk||42.3 pounds per cubic foot||680 kg per cubic meter||  ||[https://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/oggg-gocg/2013/17-corn-2013-eng.pdf Canada Corg grading guide]||
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|Corn, Prime (Australia)||Bulk||44.8 pounds per cubic foot||720 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://www.graintrade.org.au/sites/default/files/file/Commodity%20Standards/2012_2013/Section%2002%20-%20Maize%20Standards%20201213%20Final.pdf GTA Maize Standards 2012] ||
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=== Food ===

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|Product name||Product form||Density or weight (Imperial measure)||Density or weight (Metric measure)||Hazardous class||Source||comment
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=== Forest products  ===

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|Product name||Product form||Density (Imperial measure)||Density (Metric measure)||Hazardous class||Source||comment
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|Pine, Southern Yellow||dried and wrapped||36 - 41 pounds per cubic foot||576 - 656 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/weigt-wood-d_821.html Wood species weight website]||
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=== Manufactured products  ===

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|Product name||Product form||Density or weight (Imperial measure)||Density or weight (Metric measure)||Hazardous class||Source||comment
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|Caterpillar D11 Dozer|| unit ||82640 lbs||37565 kg|| ||[http://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/dozers/large-dozers/18332635.html Caterpillar web site]||
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|Caterpillar D7 Dozer|| unit ||48402 lbs||22000 kg|| ||[http://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/dozers/medium-dozers/18429156.html Caterpillar web site]||
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|Kraft Paper|| unit: 67 inch wide by 5 feet diameter rolls||4625 pounds per roll||2250 kg per roll||  ||calculated from [http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Corrugated-Cardboard.html Reference]|| Rolls are shipped on end
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|Kraft Paper||  unit: 87 inch wide by 5 feet diameter rolls||6000 pounds per roll||2750 kg per roll||  ||[http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Corrugated-Cardboard.html Reference]||Rolls are shipped on end
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|Wood pallet|| unit: 48 inch long by 42 inch wide by 5 inch high||42 pounds||19 kgh||  ||[http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-2328/Pallets/48-x-42-Heat-Treated-Wood-Pallet Uline]||
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=== Mining products  ===

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|Product name||Product form||Density or weight (Imperial measure)||Density or weight (Metric measure)||Hazardous class||Source||comment
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|Coal, Anthracite, Raw||Bulk||2000 lbs. per cubic yard||1190 kgs per cubic meter||  ||[http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1024/weightv.jpg Backyard]||
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|Iron ore, hematite||bulk||4000-5000 lbs per cubic yard||1810-2450 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1024/weightv.jpg Backyard]||
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|Iron ore, magnatite||bulk||4700 lbs per cubic yard||2790 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1024/weightv.jpg Backyard]||
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|Iron ore, pyrite||bulk||4350 lbs per cubic yard||2280 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1024/weightv.jpg Backyard]||
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|Iron ore, taconite||bulk||3600-4200 lbs per cubic yard||1630-1900 kg per cubic meter||  ||[http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1024/weightv.jpg Backyard]||
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|Sulfur, Molten||Bulk||15.1 lbs / gal||1.819 kgs per liter||  ||[[wikipedia:Sulfur]]||
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=== Petroleum products  ===

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|Product name||Product form||Density or weight (Imperial measure)||Density or weight (Metric measure)||Hazardous class||Source||comment
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|Crude oil (West Texas Intermediate)||bulk||6.6 lbs / gal||.79 kg / l ||Hazardous materials placard 1267||[[Wikipedia:West_Texas_Intermediate]]||
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|Crude oil (Brent crude)||bulk||6.68 lbs / gal||.80 kg / l ||Hazardous materials placard 1267||[[Wikipedia:Brent_Crude]]||
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|Crude oil (Dubai crude)||bulk||6.96 lbs / (US) gal||.835 kg / l ||Hazardous materials placard 1267||[[Wikipedia:Dubai_Crude]]||
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|Lubricating oil (marine, diesel)||55 gal (207.5 l) drums||442 lbs||201 kg||No hazard class registration||[http://hazard.com/msds/mf/sun/sun2.html Sun MSDS]||Weight includes 40 lbs (18 kg) tare of drum.
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|Lubricating oil (marine, diesel)||bulk ||14.08 lbs / gallon||.88 kg / l||No hazard class registration||[http://hazard.com/msds/mf/sun/sun2.html Sun MSDS]||
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