by friendorfoe on June 29th, 2006

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Approximately how many 12 ounce aluminum cans does it take to make a pound?

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by Joe-Speedy on June 29th, 2006
About 34 cans will make a pound of aluminum, depending on the gauge, based on 2004 recycle figures for Used Beverage Cans
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- Thanks for the speedy reply, been trying to answer this question for awhile now.
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by smartypuss on April 9th, 2009
In several years of recycling aluminum cans, it takes about 32.47 cans to equal one pound. (I divide the number of cans I take in, by the number of pounds the RECYCLE CENTER says they weigh.) Their scales only weigh in tenths of a pound, and we are at the mercy of just how honest the recycler is being with the public----, but, on average over the last 14 years or so, that is what it works out.
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by Zark424 on November 6th, 2007
Well 16 ounces in a pound soooooooo

1 1/4 cans
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by Anonymous on November 6th, 2007
how many 12 ounce cans makes a pound?
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by dilligras on July 3rd, 2006
There are 16 ounces in a pound.

If you have an aluminum (or any material, really) can that weighs 12oz, then you don't have room for another whole one.

Is this a trick question?
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- No this is not a trick question, I recycle aluminum cans and wanted to know approximately how many cans it took to make a pound so I could figure out about how many pounds I have collected to recycle.
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  by friendorfoe on July 3rd, 2006
- I guess for you it was a trick question. The "12-ounce" designation of an aluminum can doesn't refer to the mass of the can itself, but to the volume of liquid which it is meant to contain.
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  by Anonymous on July 3rd, 2006
- Bad answer!
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  by Answers101 on July 5th, 2006
- Jeez, can't you take a joke? Just take one of your cans to a post office and ask them to weigh it for you.
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  by dilligras on September 30th, 2006
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by Kris_F on October 17th, 2010
No this isn't a trick question since the 12 ounce measurement refers to the liquid inside the can and not the empty can's weight.
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