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Summary Of: Specific gravity

Substances with a specific gravity greater than one are denser than water... and those with a specific gravity of less than one are less dense than water... Specific gravity is a special case of... The use of specific gravity is discouraged in technical use in scientific fields requiring high precision... and it is usual to refer specific gravity to the density at 4... Given the specific gravity of a substance... in which case specific gravity means density relative to that reference... Specific gravity is by definition... Good description of specific gravity in lay terms...

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