Four rods equal density for four materials listed on Wikipedia. Weight in g (and density in g/cm3) of the first three: Aluminum: 8.58 (2.7) Brass: 26.29 (8.4) Copper: 28.34 (9.0) Fourth bar (darkest) about 0.3 mm wider than the rest, and does not correspond to iron or zinc (7.874 and 7.14 on Wikipedia):?: 22.13 (6.6) The fifth bar corresponds to the density of iron: iron: 24.75 (7.9)