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4 years ago

The density of a mineral is 2.6g/cm* what is the specific gravity

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vesna_86 [32]4 years ago

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Answer:

Specific gravity of mineral = 2.6

Explanation:

Given data:

Density of mineral = 2.6 g/cm³

Specific gravity = ?

Solution:

Specific gravity:

Specific gravity of a substance is ration of density of substance and the density of reference substance. It is unit less quantity.

Mostly water is taken as reference substance.

The density of water is 1 g/cm³

Thus the specific gravity of mineral is,

Specific gravity of mineral = density of mineral /density of water

Specific gravity of mineral = 2.6 g/cm³ / 1 g/cm³

Specific gravity of mineral = 2.6

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