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tbruno46 Active Contributor Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 11	Calculating the Weight of a Steel Tank 08/31/2009 9:56 PM
	i have a steel tank that measures 6 l.f. high with a circumference of 4.5 l.f.. the steel is .375 in. How do if calculate the weight. Thanks, tb
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ddk Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 529 Good Answers: 15	#1 Re: weight of steel tank 08/31/2009 10:18 PM
	Is this a homework question? How many college classes have you had? What do you know about density? What do you know about volume? __________________ downhill slide to 112 (damn memor.)
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#2 Re: weight of steel tank 08/31/2009 11:11 PM
	ddk is right. What are you up to? Send us a picture of the tank and we will help, if it exists. You said, "i have a steel tank". Is your tank real, or hypothetical?
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#3 In reply to #2 Re: weight of steel tank 09/01/2009 6:36 AM
	I had one of those hypothetical tanks one ...it was rubbish Del __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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bhrescobar Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil 30deg01'39.73"S 51deg13'43.45"W Posts: 831 Good Answers: 28	#4 Re: weight of steel tank 09/01/2009 10:39 AM
	Hum... calculate the weight of what? Tank itself? Full? (of what?). Have you already tryied to calculate the material volume and then using the density to calculate the weight? Sorry but your question is so simple that users here tend to be sarcastic. Give us more details so we can take it seriously. __________________ Humm... suspicious you are...
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Steve Melito Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2969 Good Answers: 33	#5 Re: Calculating the Weight of a Steel Tank 09/01/2009 4:37 PM
	The answers in this thread may help.
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#6 Re: Calculating the Weight of a Steel Tank 09/01/2009 7:12 PM
	To quote, bhrescobar, "calculate the material volume and then using the density to calculate the weight." This is not homework, I realize. I looked at some of your other posts. Moose's suggestion is good, too. Good luck.
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