Explain why specific gravity is dimensionless

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Noelle Vargas

8 March, 08:29

Explain why specific gravity is dimensionless

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Janelle Wilcox · Answer 1

Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance; equivalently, it is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the mass of a reference substance for the same given volume. Apparent specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of the reference substance.