View Full Version : 1 cu. ft. is = to ________ in lbs <- put answers here!
nealpb
2011-01-07, 04:50 PM
1 cu. ft. is = to ANSWER HERE in lbs
i havent seen any one done one of these in some time so i will start one. it can be any thing gps, rounds, soils, i dont care! :smallsmile: have fun :smallsmile::smallcool:
Keld Denar
2011-01-07, 04:57 PM
2 things
A) This looks like a Silly MB Game, and should probably be moved there. Click the little red triangle thingy, report your post, and request politely that it be moved there.
B) I'm SERIOUSLY confused. Volume...weight...no density...wtf?
nealpb
2011-01-07, 05:31 PM
FINE! a chest hold how much gp in it?
3.0e
Chest 2 gp 25 lb. holds 2 cu. ft.
Leomunds Secret Chest, Target: One chest and up to 1 cu. ft. of goods/caster level
3.5e
Chest (empty) 2 gp 25 lb.,hold??????????????
Leomund’s Secret Chest, Target: One chest and up to 1 cu. ft. of goods/caster level
pathinder
nvm. something as 3.5 leaving (being nice) thing out!
will im winting for a answer!:smallfurious::smallmad: and how much can a cu. ft. hold will?
Hyfigh
2011-01-07, 05:38 PM
I'm really struggling to understand what you're trying to say...
I think you're asking if that spell refers to 1 cu ft of something - the spell refers to volume...
I could be way off base, though, on what you're trying to ask.
nealpb
2011-01-07, 05:43 PM
I'm really struggling to understand what you're trying to say...
I think you're asking if that spell refers to 1 cu ft of something - the spell refers to volume...
I could be way off base, though, on what you're trying to ask.
chest says that holds 2cu.ft and the spell holds 1cu.ft/level how much can you put in a cu.ft or what can you in a cu.ft.?
Dr.Epic
2011-01-07, 05:44 PM
2 elephants. The answer is always 2 elephants. What was the question?
Keld Denar
2011-01-07, 05:45 PM
It really depends on density. I mean, 1 CU FT of water is what, ~62 lbs? 1 cubic foot of solid iron is 491 lbs. Temperature changes density though, so even those numbers vary.
If you are packing things like swords into the chest, it won't be solid steel though. You'll have air gaps due to geometry that doesn't match up perfectly, so you have to figure out what the "effective" density would be.
Really, there is no simple answer. If there was, the whole industry of material packaging would be reduced to a simple chart or table. But its not...so...yea.
Glimbur
2011-01-07, 05:49 PM
Honestly, the best approach for you is to get some boxes that are a cubic foot each. That will help you visualize how much stuff can fit.
Bang!
2011-01-07, 06:02 PM
About as many roads as a man must go down.
Assumed you have iron objects like tools or weapons, let's say 50% of the space is air in the gaps between them. For 1 cubic foot that would be 110 kg or 245 pounds.
In a chest filled with coins, I assume 10% to be air when it's filled up.
If you fill it with silver coins, you get 300 kg or 650 pounds.
If the coins were made of lead, it's 320 kg or 700 pounds.
If you take gold coins, it weights 550 kg or 1.200 pounds! :smallbiggrin:
And it was our friend osmium, it's also just 640 kg or 1400 pounds. :smallwink:
Gold is freakishly heavy. I'd say a typical pirates chest is about 10 cubic feet. Which filled with gold would weight over 5 tonnes.
Siosilvar
2011-01-07, 06:50 PM
Grab a bunch of quarters, put them in a shoebox, weigh it, and multiply by 4.
That's a very rough estimate.
EDIT: And by a bunch, I mean enough to fill the shoebox.
Flickerdart
2011-01-07, 06:59 PM
About as many roads as a man must go down.
Before you can call him a man, or on his morning jog?
Gold is freakishly heavy. I'd say a typical pirates chest is about 10 cubic feet. Which filled with gold would weight over 5 tonnes.
I think 10cu feet is kind of large for even the large maritime chests they used to use? Beside the fact that the "treasure chest" is largely unrealistic anyway. That said... yeah, gold is shockingly heavy. A standard gold bar is close to 30lbs.
Zeta Kai
2011-01-07, 08:00 PM
Forty-two.
Necroticplague
2011-01-07, 08:36 PM
Assumed you have iron objects like tools or weapons, let's say 50% of the space is air in the gaps between them. For 1 cubic foot that would be 110 kg or 245 pounds.
In a chest filled with coins, I assume 10% to be air when it's filled up.
If you fill it with silver coins, you get 300 kg or 650 pounds.
If the coins were made of lead, it's 320 kg or 700 pounds.
If you take gold coins, it weights 550 kg or 1.200 pounds! :smallbiggrin:
And it was our friend osmium, it's also just 640 kg or 1400 pounds. :smallwink:
Gold is freakishly heavy. I'd say a typical pirates chest is about 10 cubic feet. Which filled with gold would weight over 5 tonnes.
And if it's filled with elemental lodestones, it would weigh 32000 kg or 70,547.9239 pounds. By the way, you had some rounding errors when you converted. assuming your weight in kilograms is correct, the actual weight in pounds is as follows:
iron:242.508488
silver:661.386787
lead:705.479239
gold:1,212.54244
osmuim:1,410.95848
According to my extensive calculations, 1 cubic foot will always be equal to 53.2 pounds.
grimbold
2011-01-08, 04:29 PM
2 elephants. The answer is always 2 elephants. What was the question?
you are correct Dr Epic sir
Beleriphon
2011-01-08, 04:37 PM
I think I get what the question is:
Based in the usual D&D stuff that one would put inside of one cubic foot of volume, how much would that one cubic foot weigh?
dspeyer
2011-01-08, 04:40 PM
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RndmNumGen
2011-01-08, 04:49 PM
Gold is freakishly heavy. I'd say a typical pirates chest is about 10 cubic feet. Which filled with gold would weight over 5 tonnes.
That's a huge pirate chest. Doesn't your average 2x2x2 crate have an internal volume of 8 cu. ft.? Such a chest would have to be slightly bigger than that then, and that is already fairly large!
I think I get what the question is:
Based in the usual D&D stuff that one would put inside of one cubic foot of volume, how much would that one cubic foot weigh?
A solid cubic foot of gold would weight 546 kg.
AyeGill
2011-01-08, 05:29 PM
A solid cubic foot of gold would weight 546 kg.
which is a freakin' lot.
also, the answer to the question is: 42.
ryzouken
2011-01-08, 05:32 PM
That's a huge pirate chest. Doesn't your average 2x2x2 crate have an internal volume of 8 cu. ft.? Such a chest would have to be slightly bigger than that then, and that is already fairly large!
Not really.
2.5 x2 x2 is fairly normal for a pirate's chest that's intended to contain the man's wardrobe, pistols, and shot. His blade won't usually fit in the thing, which is why we always see such objects left looped over a hook or chair, but 2.5 x2 x2 seems a reasonable set of dimensions for a basic storage item.
AyeGill
2011-01-08, 05:35 PM
Not really.
2.5 x2 x2 is fairly normal for a pirate's chest that's intended to contain the man's wardrobe, pistols, and shot. His blade won't usually fit in the thing, which is why we always see such objects left looped over a hook or chair, but 2.5 x2 x2 seems a reasonable set of dimensions for a basic storage item.
wait, seriously?
i mean, pirates in those days didn't have too many different sets of clothes(if any), and he's not likely to have more than a few guns. so that means he stuffed the rest of the chest with bullets?
This guy is awesome.
Townopolis
2011-01-08, 05:37 PM
I do believe Yora and Necroticplague have won this thread.
And now, I am going to write these figures down in case they ever become useful in my own games.
BobVosh
2011-01-08, 05:41 PM
This thread started weird, but became quite awesome.
Also titanium weighs about 281 lbs/ft^3
drakir_nosslin
2011-01-08, 05:43 PM
I wonder how much a cubic foot of Unobtanium coins would weigh, or perhaps Phlebotinum?
AyeGill
2011-01-08, 05:56 PM
platinum, according to wikipedia and a bit of calculator, 1,673893532450744e-6 pounds per cubic feet.
Siosilvar
2011-01-08, 06:01 PM
platinum, according to wikipedia and a bit of calculator, 1,673893532450744e-6 pounds per cubic feet.
To the negative sixth? Try 1339 pounds per cubic foot.
For reference (as a distance), 10^-6 miles is about 1/16 inch.
AyeGill
2011-01-08, 06:09 PM
To the negative sixth? Try 1339 pounds per cubic foot.
For reference (as a distance), 10^-6 miles is about 1/16 inch.
*rechecks math*
huh.
definitely the wrong answer, but i dont see where i went wrong. must be this stupid windows calculator automated unit changer.
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