Quart to pounds conversion?

[Canuck Bob]

What is the working amount of lead that can be put in a quart pot?

I've found some used cast iron pots.

1 qt.= pounds
2 qt.= "
4 qt.= "

They are US quarts not the proper Imperial quart.

[Canuck Bob]

I searched and searched, posted this and them found the answer!!!

Rob45 answered it in this thread:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=77352&highlight=quart

23# per liquid quart. With some room in a pot I'll call it.

1qt. pot= 15#
2qt. pot= 35#
4qt. pot= 80#

Depending on your comfort level with really full pots of hot lead and burner power a little more is possible.

Thanks Rob45

[Tom Myers]

Using the old adage, "A pint's a pound" then one can say that

2 pints per quart equals 2 pounds per quart of water.

Lead has a Specific Gravity of 11.345, which means that it is 11.345 times as heavy as water.

2 x 11.345 = 22.69 pounds of lead per quart.

Wheel weight alloy has a Specific Gravity of approximately 10.9727. So a quart of wheel weight alloy should weigh about 21.95 pounds per quart.