What is relative density?

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Relative Density is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of Water.
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Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water.
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It is simply the ratio of density of substance taken to the density of reference substance. R.D = Density of substance / Density of reference substance. Specific gravity = Density of subs. / Density of water. Water is reference in this case.
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Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water. The term "relative density" is often preferred in modern scientific usage.
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Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water. The term "relative density" is often preferred in modern scientific usage.
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Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the mass of a unit volume (density) of a substance to the density of a given reference material or The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard substance under specified conditions Eg: Ratio of the density of a substance...
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Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the mass of a unit volume (density) of a substance to the density of a given reference material or The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard substance under specified conditions Eg: Ratio of the density of a substance at 20°C or 68°F to the density of water at 4°C or 39.2°F. read less
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Relative density (or) specific density, is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a given reference material. If a substance's relative density is less than one then it is less dense than the reference; if greater than one then it is denser than the reference. If the relative density...
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Relative density (or) specific density, is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a given reference material. If a substance's relative density is less than one then it is less dense than the reference; if greater than one then it is denser than the reference. If the relative density is exactly one then the densities are equal; that is, equal volumes of the two substances have the same mass. Relative Density = Density of the substance/ Density of air. U.K.AKSHAY read less
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ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material.
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Relative density = (mass of the substance in air at 20 Deg C)/(mass of equal volume of water at 20 Deg C). It is used as a reference to compare densities of different materials when all these densities are available at different temperatures.
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Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water. The term "relative density" is often preferred in modern scientific usage.
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