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What is a specific gravity?

Updated: 11/6/2022
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I just learned about this in chem11. I'll give the definition off my sheet.

Specific gravity is a dimensionless unit defined as the ratio of density of a material to the density of water at a given temperature (usually at 4oC).

Note that this expression is obsolete today; use the density.

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