Convert Cubic Meters Into Tons

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Anonymous Poster	Convert Cubic Meters Into Tons 07/13/2010 6:48 AM
	Is there a particular formula for the below query? Convert 20 cubic meters of soil into tons?
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#1 Re: Convert 07/13/2010 6:57 AM
	Yes. Weight in tons = 20 X density, where the density is in tons per cubic meter. The density will depend, among other things, on the soil type, moisture and organic matter content and compaction. An very rough average figure is about 2.5 tons per cubic meter. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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TVP45 Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4448 Good Answers: 143	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Convert 07/13/2010 7:28 AM
	Cor, you should pick the stones out first! A GA, but is your English soil that heavy? Ours runs a little less unless we have lots of clay. Of course, here in Western PA, if it weren't for clay, we'd be farming rocks. Whenever I watch Midsomer Murders, they've always got some little twig of a woman out in the garden digging a twelve foot hole with a short-handled shovel so that she can bury the 28% of the village she's just killed with a pair of pruning shears). Is your soil that deep? __________________ "Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it." Elwood P. Dowd
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Convert 07/13/2010 7:52 AM
	Well, maybe that was a bit on the heavy side. Bin a long time since I weighed any, but I'm damn' sure it gets heavier every year . The soil in the valleys of the south of Britland can be very deep - but up on the hills it may only be a couple of inches. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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Anonymous Poster	#4 In reply to #1 Re: Convert 07/13/2010 8:09 AM
	Thanks for the above answer. The soil used is Class 1C material.
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Anonymous Poster	#5 Convert Cubic Meters Into Tons 01/03/2011 2:05 PM
	If 900,000 cubic meters of wastewater is being treated a day and 33 bin tonnes are being dumped into the river----what does it mean????
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