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Class 4 Density and Relative Density PDF
Class 4 Density and Relative Density PDF
PHYSICS
Density
Mr Rishi Gopie
Mr
R
Gopie
PHYSICS
Density
and
Relative
Density
The density of a substance or material is defined as its mass per unit volume i.e.
QUANTITY
UNITS
Mass,
m
g
kg
Volume,
V
cm³
m³
Density
gcm-‐³
kgm-‐³
The relative density of a substance or material is given by the following ratios:
Relative density = density of substance or material/density of water (in same units)
And
Relative
density
=
mass
of
certain
volume
of
substance
(or
material)
/
mass
of
an
equal
volume
of
water
Since the density of water is 1gcm-³ or 1000kgm-³ then the relative density of a
substance/material is numerically equal to its density expressed in gcm-³ (and therefore
numerically equal to its density expressed in kgm-³ divided by 1000).
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PHYSICS