Questions regarding the cost and weight of one cubic inch of iron or steel

[Angel Tarragon]

How heavy is one cubic inch of iron or steel?

Doing some research for homebrew spellbook construction and thought came up.

 

[Rel]

Doing some research for homebrew spellbook construction and thought came up.

One square inch of what thickness? Or do you mean a cubic inch?

Here is a webpage with weight per cubic foot (in pounds) for lots of materials.

http://www.reade.com/Particle_Briefings/spec_gra2.html

Simply divide by 1728 to get the weight of a cubic inch of the same material.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

One square inch of what thickness? Or do you mean a cubic inch?

Yeah, a cubic inch. My bad.

One cubic inch that is one inch thick.

 

[Aeolius]

You gamers and your heavy metal....

 

[guivre]

Doing some research for homebrew spellbook construction and thought came up.

Let me google that for you

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Okay now for the next question; how much would it cost to acquire a one inch thick cubic inch osf steel in a modern stable economy?

 

[guivre]

Okay now for the next question; how much would it cost to acquire a one inch thick cubic inch osf steel in a modern stable economy?

Just one? Probably not much. Find a machine shop and call them, they may think you're odd but you'll have your answer.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Just one? Probably not much. Find a machine shop and call them, they may think you're odd but you'll have your answer.

The economy right now isn't exactly stable.

 

[Aexalon]

Yeah, a cubic inch. My bad.

No problem there.

One cubic inch that is one inch thick.

No, no, no! A one inch square that is one inch thick is a one inch cube (an object with definate size and shape, and with a volume of one cubic inch). A one inch cube is always one inch thick. A one inch cube "that is one inch thick" is no different from a one inch square that is one inch wide (or long): there's no point in mentioning the "that is one inch thick" part (i.e. there's no way for a one inch cube to be e.g. 2 inches thick).

For good measure, a one inch cube with a spissitude of one inch is a one inch hypercube (with "spissitude" being a possible name for the 4th entry in the list that starts with "length", "breadth", and "height").

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[Angel Tarragon]

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Sorry, I failed Calculus 101 in high school twice.