Therefore
Mass=volume X density
The density of lead = 11.3 g/cm3
Figure the volume of your piece of lead and multiply it by the density above
and you will have its mass.. You need to figure the volume in cubic
centimeters to use the density above.
Once you have the mass in grams use the following conversion..
1000 grams = 2.2 lbs.
Ed Katz
Potter 15 "American Beauty"
Santana 525 "Carlos"
-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Longyard <longyard@ix.netcom.com>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 11:32 PM
Subject: X-Ray Door Score!
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>Potterers,
>Tonight I got lucky. A friend of mine clued me in that a doctor
>was having his office remodeled, and that a lead-lined door was
>being tossed out. I jumped in the car, and after Herculean
>effort (and my wife's help!) got the extremely heavy door loaded
>in the back of my station wagon. (Oh, I don't know how I get
>myself into these things!)
>
>My intention is to use the lead to add mass to my keel. I have
>several different ideas how to do this:
>
>1. Use a plasma cutter to cut out triangles out of of my keel,
>and pour molten lead into the cut-outs.
>2. Cut the lead sheet into two profiles of my keel, place them on
>either side of the keel and glass everything together.
>3. Simply rivet the two lead pieces to the sides of the keel.
>
>I would like to hear your opinions of these options. Remember, I
>have a Siren 17 with a swing keel. It looks like I enough room
>to put a sandwich of lead on the present keel and still be able
>to retract it.
>
>Does anyone know the weight of a 3/16" one square foot of lead?
>The door is about 20 square feet.
>
>Also, I'd like to know if anyone know how to separate the wood
>from the lead sheet? Are the wood door panels simply glued onto
>the lead? What kind of glue, contact glue? Anyone know?
>
>Looking forward to all your great ideas and suggestions,
>Bill Longyard
>