ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

1. Specific gravity is an important property of fluids being related to density and viscosity.
Knowing the specific gravity will allow determination of a fluid’s characteristics compared to
a standard, usually water, at a specified. When it comes to configuring a mixer, knowing the
specific gravity of the fluids being blended is important because it will influence the torque &
horsepower that is required to properly mix your fluid. In applications with higher specific
gravity, more torque would be required to produce the desired result. If specific gravity was
not taken into consideration, and a mixer not optimized accordingly, results would be
unpredictable, and motor damage and/or failure would likely occur.

2. Liquid C will be at the lowest, Liquid B will be at the middle and Liquid C will be on the
top because Water has a specific gravity equal to 1. Materials with a specific gravity less than
1 are less dense than water, and will float on the pure liquid; substances with a specific gravity
more than 1 are denser than water, and will sink. C is more than 1 so it will sink from the two
liquids, B is greater than the Liquid A so it goes down from the Liquid A but float at liquid C,
and for the liquid A having lowest specific gravity means it will float to the top.

3. Given:
𝑆𝐴 = 0.82 𝑉𝐴 = 1.75𝑚3 γ𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 9.65 KN / 𝑚3
𝑆𝐵 = 0.95 𝑉𝐵 = 2.35𝑚3
𝑆𝐶 = 1.26 𝑉𝐶 = 0.86𝑚3

Solution: Formula: W = S x V x γ𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟

𝑊𝐴 = 0.82 x 1.75𝑚3 x 9.65 KN / 𝑚3 = 13.85 KN
𝑊𝐵 = 0.95 x 2.35𝑚3 x 9.65 KN / 𝑚3 = 21.54 KN
𝑊𝐶 = 1.26 x 0.86𝑚3 x 9.65 KN / 𝑚3 = 10.45 KN

ℎ𝑤
4. Formula : G𝑆 =
ℎ𝑠
0.45𝑚
= = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟏
0.495𝑚

* 45cm = 0.45m
* 49.5cm = 0.495m