It's about as heavy as a Grain of Sand
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 0.00000970 pounds. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
It's about one-and-one-fifth times as heavy as a Sesame Seed
In other words, 0.00000970 pounds is 1.210 times the weight of a Sesame Seed, and the weight of a Sesame Seed is 0.8260 times that amount.
(Sesamum indicum)A sesame seed weighs approximately 0.000008020 pounds. The McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, which is well-known for its sesame seed top bun, accounts for the consumption of an estimated 4,430 pounds of sesame seeds each day.
It's about one-fifth as heavy as a Grain of Rice
In other words, 0.00000970 pounds is 0.210 times the weight of a Grain of Rice, and the weight of a Grain of Rice is 4.80 times that amount.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 0.0000460 pounds before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
It's about seven times as heavy as a Grain of Sugar
In other words, 0.00000970 pounds is 7.04 times the weight of a Grain of Sugar, and the weight of a Grain of Sugar is 0.1420 times that amount.
(a.k.a. white sugar, a.k.a. white refined sugar, a.k.a. table sugar, a.k.a. sucrose, a.k.a. saccharose)A grain of sugar weighs approximately 0.000001380 pounds. Sugar consumption varies widely by country; the average citizen of the United States consumes about 135 pounds of sugar each year.
It's about fifteen times as heavy as a Poppy Seed
In other words, the weight of a Poppy Seed is 0.067 times 0.00000970 pounds.
(Papaver somniferum)Fifty percent oil by weight, a poppy seed weighs approximately 0.000000660 pounds. The true pigment of a poppy seed is brown in color, while the characteristic bluish color is an optical illusion caused by a layer of calcium oxalate crystals refracting light rays.
It's about one-fiftieth as heavy as a Raindrop
In other words, the weight of a Raindrop is 50 times 0.00000970 pounds.
(a.k.a. drop, a.k.a. droplet) (average)The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about 0.0004 pounds. The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.
It's about 75 times as heavy as a Grain of Salt
In other words, 0.00000970 pounds is 75.20 times the weight of a Grain of Salt, and the weight of a Grain of Salt is 0.0133 times that amount.
The mass of a grain of salt is approximately 0.0000001290 pounds. Salt consumption varies widely by country; the people of the United States consume a combined total of about 126,000,000 pounds of salt each year.
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