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Specific Gravity of Certain Materials
Material
|
Sp. Gravity
Water = 1
|
Amber
|
1.09
|
Asphalt
|
1.40
|
Beeswax
|
0.96
|
Boxwood
|
0.96
|
Brick
(ordinary)
|
1.50
|
Brick
(blue)
|
1.85
|
Brickwork
|
1.60
|
Camphor
|
0.99
|
Caoutchouc
(raw rubber)
|
0.93
|
Chalk
|
2.50
|
Charcoal
(animal)
|
0.80
|
Charcoal
(wood)
|
0.23-0.43
|
Clay
|
1.91
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Coal
|
1.50
|
Coke
|
1.00
|
Ebonite
(Admiralty spec.)
|
1.20
|
Emery
|
4.00
|
Flint
|
2.60
|
Glass
(common)
|
2.52
|
Glass
(plate)
|
2.70
|
Granite
|
2.16
|
Gunpowder
|
0.94
|
Gutta
Percha
|
0.97
|
Human Body
|
1.07
|
Ice
|
0.92
|
Iron ore
|
5.20
|
Ivory
|
1.91
|
Limestone
|
2.84
|
Mahogany,
Spanish
|
0.85
|
Mahogany,
Honduras
|
0.56
|
Marble
|
2.78
|
Mica
|
2.85
|
Mortar
|
1.70
|
Paraffin
Wax
|
0.8-0.94
|
Peat
|
0.64
|
Phosphorus
|
1.77
|
Pine,
yellow
|
0.55
|
Plaster
cast
|
1.29
|
Plaster of
Paris
|
2.27
|
Porcelain
|
2.35
|
Pumice
stone
|
0.37-0.90
|
Quartz
|
2.65
|
Resin
|
1.20
|
Rock salt
|
2.22
|
Sand
|
1.90
|
Serpentine
|
2.60
|
Slate
|
2.83
|
Soapstone
|
2.70
|
Sulphur
|
2.00
|
Talc
|
2.70
|
Tallow
|
0.92
|
Tar
|
0.94
|
Tiles
|
2.00
|
Whalebone
|
0.94
|
York Stone
|
2.47
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Specific Gravity of Liquids
Material
|
Sp. Gr.
Water =1
|
Mercury
|
13.60
|
Sulphuric
Acid (concentrated)
|
1.84
|
Water of
Dead Sea
|
1.24
|
Nitric Acid
(commercial)
|
1.22
|
Hydrochloric
Acid
|
1.20
|
Sea Water
|
1.03
|
Milk
|
1.03
|
Tar
|
1.00
|
Linseed Oil
|
0.94
|
Whale Oil
|
0.92
|
Olive Oil
|
0.91
|
Petroleum
|
0.89
|
Turpentine
|
0.87
|
Naphtha
|
0.85
|
Benzine
|
0.83
|
Alcohol
|
0.79
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Specific Gravity of Gases
Gas at
32°and under One Atmosphere
|
Specific
Gravity Air=1
|
Cubic Feet
in 1lb
|
Chlorine
|
2.44
|
5.07
|
Carbon
Dioxide
|
1.529
|
8.10
|
Oxygen
|
1.105
|
11.20
|
Air
|
1.000
|
12.38
|
Nitrogen
|
0.973
|
12.72
|
Carbon
Monoxide
|
0.967
|
12.80
|
Ammonia
|
0.589
|
21.01
|
Light
Carbureted Hydrogen
|
0.552
|
22.41
|
Coal Gas
|
0.438
|
28.27
|
Hydrogen
|
0.069
|
179.6
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