Input interpretation
carbides | density
Summary
median | 5.23 g/cm^3 highest | 15.6 g/cm^3 (tungsten carbide) lowest | 1.9 g/cm^3 (beryllium carbide) distribution | | (based on 15 values; 3 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
molybdenum carbide | lanthanum carbide | tantalum(IV) carbide (total: 3)
Distribution plots
(density in grams per cubic centimeter)
Density rankings
1 | beryllium carbide | 1.9 g/cm^3 2 | calcium carbide | 2.22 g/cm^3 3 | aluminum carbide | 2.36 g/cm^3 4 | boron carbide | 2.51 g/cm^3 5 | silicon carbide | 3.22 g/cm^3 6 | yttrium carbide | 4.13 g/cm^3 7 | titanium(IV) carbide | 4.93 g/cm^3 8 | cerium carbide | 5.23 g/cm^3 9 | vanadium(IV) carbide | 5.77 g/cm^3 10 | chromium carbide | 6.68 g/cm^3 11 | zirconium(IV) carbide | 6.73 g/cm^3 12 | thorium dicarbide | 9 g/cm^3 13 | niobium(IV) carbide | 7.82 g/cm^3 14 | hafnium(IV) carbide | 12.2 g/cm^3 15 | tungsten carbide | 15.6 g/cm^3 (based on 15 values; 3 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median density 5.23 g/cm^3
5230 kg/m^3 (kilograms per cubic meter)
5230 g/L (grams per liter)
0.189 lb/in^3 (pounds per cubic inch)
Comparisons for median density 5.23 g/cm^3
≈ 0.66 × iron density ( 7874 kg/m^3 )
≈ 0.95 × mean Earth density ( 5515 kg/m^3 )
≈ 1.3 × mean Mars density ( ≈ 3940 kg/m^3 )