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What is specific volume?
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June 26, 2008 10:21AM
The "specific Volume" of a substance is its volume per unit mass, measured in cubicmeters per kilogram. NT: to find density of any substance is the reciprocal of its specific volume. : density = 1/specific vol. kg/m3(unit)
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