Lube oil has uses in everyday aspects of life, from helping run our cars to keeping all sorts of other machinery running, such as farming equipment, industrial machines and printing presses.
You calculate the density of a liquid by determining how much weight occupies a certain amount of space, for example, the amount of pounds per cubic foot or kilograms per cubic meter.
According to the Dunwell Group, their lube oil products average a density of approximately 0.88 kilograms per liter, or 880 kilograms per cubic meter. According to the Separation Equipment Company of Tampa, Fla., the maximum permissible density of lube oil is 991 kilograms per cubic meter.
880 kilograms is equivalent to 1,940 pounds. One cubic meter equals 35.3 cubic feet. Therefore the conversion of 880 kilograms per cubic meter yields a measure of 54.95 pounds per cubic foot (1,940 pounds divided by 35.3 cubic feet).
