0
salt <==Original answer
I think this answer is off by many orders of magnitude.
A cubic mile of seawater is 10^13 pounds of seawater.
If seawater is 3.5% solids after evaporation, and most of that is salt, (call it 3%) then there is:
3 x 10^12 lbs of salt in a cubic mile. That is roughly 1.5 e9 tons of salt.
A cubic mile of seawater contains 5 tons of Uranium. You can use that as a reference point when thinking about the ocean.
50 pounds of salt would be enough salt to create about 1666 pounds of seawater. At 62.4 lbs/cubic foot, that would be 26.7 cubic feet of seawater. That is about 10% of a standard swimming pool.
Even if only 30% of the solids in seawater are only salt, this is way, way off.
There should be about 35 kilograms, or 77 pounds of U-235, the isotope used for making bombs in a cubic mile of seawater.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How much does sea water weigh per cubic kilometer?
I once had a book about the ocean that claimed that there was 38 pounds of gold in one cubic mile of seawater. You could figure 1 cubic kilometer from here but you are still left with the validity of the claim of the book and even worse, my memory of that book. Still, something to play with.
How much is a cubic mile in feet?
1 mile = 5280 ft1 Cubic Mile = 5280x5280x5280= 147197952000 cubic Feet
How many cubic metres in a cubic mile?
There are about 4,168,181,825 cubic meters in a cubic mileFor reference:1 mile = 1,609.344 meters1 mile^2 = 2,589,988 meters^21 mile^3 = 4, 168, 181,825 meters^3
What is a cubic mile?
A cubic mile is a volume, or space, that is one mile high, one mile wide, and one mile long.
Does a cubic mile of sea water contain only water?
No, a cubic mile of seawater does not only contain water. In addition to approximately 1.1 trillion (1,101,117,150,000) US gallons of water there would be several kilograms of sea salt. It would also include several tons of fish and other animals, and several tons of algae and water plants.
How much does a cubic mile of seawater weigh?
105,000 tons
How many gal water in a cubic mile?
One cubic mile contains 1.10111715 × 1012 US gallons of water.
What is the mass of the moon in cubic miles?
A cubic mile is a unit of volume, not of mass. Mass is measured in kilograms, pounds, or tonnes.
How much does sea water weigh per cubic kilometer?
I once had a book about the ocean that claimed that there was 38 pounds of gold in one cubic mile of seawater. You could figure 1 cubic kilometer from here but you are still left with the validity of the claim of the book and even worse, my memory of that book. Still, something to play with.
How many cubic metres in a cubic mile?
There are about 4,168,181,825 cubic meters in a cubic mileFor reference:1 mile = 1,609.344 meters1 mile^2 = 2,589,988 meters^21 mile^3 = 4, 168, 181,825 meters^3
How much is a cubic mile in feet?
1 mile = 5280 ft1 Cubic Mile = 5280x5280x5280= 147197952000 cubic Feet
What is a cubic mile?
A cubic mile is a volume, or space, that is one mile high, one mile wide, and one mile long.
Is a square mile the same as a cubic mile?
No. They are different. A square mile is two dimensional and a cubic mile is three dimensional. A square mile is length times width, and a cubic mile is length times width times height.
How many cubic yards are there in one mile?
I am afraid that the question as stated does not make sense. A mile is a linear measurement. Cubic yards is a three dimensional measurement, unless, of course, you mean how many cubic yeards in a cubic mile, then 1 cubic mile is equal to 5,451,776.000 cubic yards.
How much does 1 cubic mile of water weigh?
5280 ft x 5280 ft x 5280 ft x 62.4 lbs per square ft = 9,185,152,204,800 lbs
How many cubic inches are in a mile?
A mile doesn't contain cubic inches. A cubic inch is a measure of volume and a mile is a measure of distance, therefore, the two are not on the same scale and cannot be converted from one to the other. Therefore, there are no cubic inches in a mile.
Does a cubic mile of sea water contain only water?
No, a cubic mile of seawater does not only contain water. In addition to approximately 1.1 trillion (1,101,117,150,000) US gallons of water there would be several kilograms of sea salt. It would also include several tons of fish and other animals, and several tons of algae and water plants.
