also called asphalt concrete, blacktop, tarmac, pavement
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Asphalt is a dense roadway paving mixture that weighs about 12.1 ounces (343 grams) per standard cup.
Asphalt has a typical bulk density of roughly 90.5 pounds per cubic foot (1.45 grams per milliliter). It consists of crushed stone, gravel, and sand glued together by dark petroleum bitumen. Because of its heavy mineral ingredients, loose asphalt takes up far less space than topsoil or wood chips of the same weight. Once road rollers compact it into finished pavement, the material becomes even heavier and tighter per unit of volume.
From Wikipedia
Asphalt concrete or asphaltic concrete is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams. Asphalt mixtures have been used in pavement construction since the nineteenth century.
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One cup weighs
12.1 oz (343 g)
Quick answer
One US cup of bulk asphalt weighs about 12.1 ounces (343 grams). That makes a single measuring cup roughly as heavy as a standard canned soup.
Typical figures, the same ones every comparison on the site uses; real ones vary.
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