How much does an one liter of mercury weigh?
One liter of mercury weighs about 14 kg (30 lb).
🎳 That's about the weight of 2 bowling balls — or 3 house cats 🐱, or 11 laptops 💻.
At 14 kg, it ranks #4 of 5 in Materials (lightest to heaviest) — heavier than One liter of lead (11 kg) and lighter than One liter of gold (19 kg).
This is one of the catalog's biggest surprises — and since it's a standardized product, the number above is exact, not an average.
A liter of mercury weighs 13.53 kg — dense enough that an iron cannonball floats on it.
Category: Materials
| Grams | 13,530 g |
|---|---|
| Kilograms | 13.53 kg |
| Ounces | 477.3 oz |
| Pounds | 29.83 lb |
Source: Density of mercury is 13.53 g/cm3 at room temperature, so one liter weighs exactly 13.53 kg.