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Anonymous

Feb 11, 2025

gold has a specific gravity of almost 20. a five gallon pail of water weighs about 40 pounds, how much would a

A five-gallon pail of gold weighs how much? I understand that gold has a specific gravity of almost 20, and a five-gallon pail of water weighs about 40 pounds. Thank you for your help in answering this question.

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20*40 pounds. because specific gravity of water is about 1. thus gold is 20 times more

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Anonymous

Feb 08, 2025

Gold has a Specific gravity of 20 and water has a specific gravity of 1. That means that gold weighs 20 times more per gallon than water.

Since water weighs ~8.3lbs/gal

Gold weighs 20*8.3lbs/gal=166lbs/gal

For a 5 gal pail would weigh ~830lbs.

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Anonymous

Feb 09, 2025

I have a giant pile of gold, and several eight gallon buckets. The buckets are also made out of gold. I could have my servant run some calculations, but I'm afraid we can't find your answer directly.

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Anonymous

Dec 01, 2024

well depends on what the pail is made of. Is the pail made of gold, plastic, aluminum...or what?

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