How to Convert Density to Weight

With this gold's density and volume, you can determine its weight.

If you have ever cracked open a book on physics, you will undoubtedly see words like "force," "mass," "acceleration," and the like littered nearly everywhere amidst seemingly complicated algebraic formulas. However, all of these attributes are related to each other and work together. With only a few pieces of information, you can determine many other facts about an element or substance using simple conversions. For example, it is easy to calculate an object's weight with only two other measurements.

Instructions

1. Determine the substance's density. This will be in the form of mass over volume, or m/v.

2. Find the volume of the substance. If necessary, convert the volume measurement into the same units used in the substance's density.

3. Multiply the density by the volume. This will give you the substance's mass.

4. Multiply the mass by the acceleration of gravity and you will have its weight. In scientific terms, weight is the amount of gravitation pull on an item.

Tips & Warnings

• Earth's standard gravity is 9.80665 meters per second squared, or 9.80665 m/s^2.

References

• Mass and Weight