rate of discharge
Rate of Discharge
Specific gravity of the electrolyte in the lead acid cell or battery (assuming that the battery is not of the sealed type) is often used as a measure of its STATE OF CHARGE. Sure we can do the same with a multimeter but the above method is more accurate.
Specific gravity, usually referred to as relative density is the ratio of the mass of a given volume of a substance to the density of a different reference substance. Water is often used as the reference.
Density and specific gravity are often used to measure the relative concentrations of a known solvent and known solute.A Hydrometer is a common device for measuring specific gravity of liquids.
A gram is often thought to be a measure of weight but it is really measure of mass. A gram serves as a unit for weight only when in the gravity field of the Earth.
Weight is the measure of the force with which the Earth's gravity is pulling an object to its center. Since it is a measure of force, it is often expressed in Newtons.
A spectrometer measures properties of light of a specific part of the wavelength. It is often used to measure the intensity of a light.
That quantity is a force, whose magnitude we often refer to as the object's "weight".
That quantity is a force, whose magnitude we often refer to as the object's "weight".
Since specific gravity is the density of a substance relative to water, dissolving solids such as sugar will increase it. Here's an extreme example: think of placing a floating object in water, then placing the same object in honey. It's easy to imagine the object floating higher in thick honey than it would on water, right? Honey has a higher specific gravity than water, and floating a hydrometer in a liquid is how its specific gravity is often measured.
This often happens if you take the ratio of two quantities. In that case, the units disappear. For example:* A coefficient of friction, defined as the ratio between two forces * The specific gravity, defined as a ratio between two densities
Specific gravity is often defined relative to water, in which case the specific gravity of air is 0.001225. Specific gravity can also be defined relative to the density of air, in which case the specific gravity of air is exactly 1. Specific gravity is often defined relative to water, in which case the specific gravity of air is 0.001225. Specific gravity can also be defined relative to the density of air, in which case the specific gravity of air is exactly 1.