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Old 13-01-2007, 11:22 PM
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Default weight of a litre of petrol
need some help here,please

i google`d this and kept coming up with emission type crap

i need to know the weight a litre of petrol,can anyone help me out?

thanks
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Old 13-01-2007, 11:28 PM
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get a 1 litre bottle fill it up weigh it and deduct the weight of the bottle theres ur answer
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Old 13-01-2007, 11:29 PM
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aint it apprix 1kg?
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Old 13-01-2007, 11:31 PM
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1 litre is 1 kg.
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Old 13-01-2007, 11:36 PM
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Thats right the density of water will be roughly the same and 1 litre of water weighs 1kg.
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Old 13-01-2007, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by lead_foot
1 litre is 1 kg.
1 litre of water is 1kg aint oil lighter than water??
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0.79kg per litre
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Just looked it up. It is 0.73722kg per litre so quite a bit less than water.
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Originally Posted by Jimboxr4x4
Just looked it up. It is 0.73722kg per litre so quite a bit less than water.
depends on what grade petrol you are using i think 0.79 is for super,,, but i did read it about 4 years ago so i could be wrong

i am wrong,,, its goes between 0.73 and 0.75 for different grades of unleaded
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I was surprised it is so different to water. As a rough guide I always I thought it would be roughly the same. A 60 litre tank of fuel only weighs about 45 kilos then.
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Petrol's SG is 0.737, Diesels is 0.83, and also Jet A1's is 0.8 - Water of course (pure) is 1.
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