Bulk density is a property of
powders,
granules, and other "divided"
solids, especially used in reference to
mineral components (
soil,
gravel),
chemical substances, (
pharmaceutical)
ingredients, foodstuff, or any other masses of corpuscular or
particulate matter. It is defined as the
mass of many
particles of the material divided by the total
volume they occupy. The total volume includes particle volume, inter-particle void volume, and internal pore volume.