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Water has a Specific Gravity of 1. Silicate mineral rocks have specific gravities from 2 to 4, generally. The answer is True.
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How and why does salt keep water cold?
when salt dissolves in water it doesn't allow the water to get warm because it traps the heat within the water, therefore keepin the water cold. ...and a little thing called specific gravity comes into play....the water with specific gravity of 1 is now salt water with a different specific gravity depending on the salinity. Consider alcohol; it has no salt but does not freeze right? Beer's sg is slightly higher than water so it wont freeze til perhaps 30F.
Why the mercury is the most used element in many thermometers?
Mercury is a liquid at room temperature and has a specific gravity which is higher than water and is not nearly as likely to vaporize as water or alcohol.
A mineral has a specific gravity of 7.0 What does this mean?
Specific gravity is a comparison of the density of one material to the density of water (at 4 degrees C). When a mineral has a specific gravity (SG) of 7.0 it means that the mineral is 7.0 times as heavy as the same volume of water.
What is the effect of water temperature on the determination of specific gravity of soils?
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Does fools gold float?
Yes. Pyrite has a specific gravity of about 5. Any substance with a specific gravity greater than 1 will sink in water.
What metal has the highest density?
THE MINERAL WITH THE HIGHEST SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS CALLED OSMIUM (Os) followed closely by Iridium. Most people think that Gold is the leading one. Thank you, Audax Kiwango, Mineral Engineer.
What compares weight of minerals with weight of an equal volume of water?
Specific gravity
What reflects the amount of wastes minerals and solids in urine?
Your urine's specific gravity reflects the amount of minerals, solids, and wastes in the urine. Specific gravity is a comparison of urine's density to water's density.
What is a high specific gravity?
it is important because it helps determine what the mineral you are looking for is
Are specific gravity of the material will give effect to strength of concrete?
The specific gravity of materials tell us how many times is the material heavier than water. The higher the specific gravity of a material the higher the density of concrete made with and the higher will be the force require to crush it and the higher will be the corresponding strenght of the concrete
Why would a canned tomato puree with high specific gravity usually be more expensive then one with lower specific gravity?
The cost of the higher specific gravity puree is higher because it is more concentrated due to a lower percentage of water. More tomatoes are used to make the same volume of puree if the specific gravity is higher. The specific gravity is a means of assessing how concentrated the puree is. More water is liberated from the tomato puree to make it more concentrated. More tomatoes are used, hence the higher cost.
What two properties of minerals can be expressed in numbers?
Density and Specific Gravity The specific gravity (SG) is calculated from weight in air divided by loss of weight in water, expressed in units of grams per cubic centimetre. The specific gravity of most minerals ranges from 1.5 up to 19.5. (CHANNEL FAIZAN BHAI GHAZI)
How will the specific gravity of urine be affected by the presence of sugar?
Since specific gravity is the density of a substance relative to water, dissolving solids such as sugar will increase it. Here's an extreme example: think of placing a floating object in water, then placing the same object in honey. It's easy to imagine the object floating higher in thick honey than it would on water, right? Honey has a higher specific gravity than water, and floating a hydrometer in a liquid is how its specific gravity is often measured.
Specific is the ratio of an object's density to that of water?
Specific Gravity.
What is the expression for specific gravity when kerosene is used instead of distilled water?
Specific gravity is the ratio of density of material to the density of water, so when we use Kerosin instead of water then the value will be multiplied by the specific gravity of kerosin to get the actual specific gravity.
What minerals have a specific gravity of less than 1?
Yes. That's what specific gravity is all about - the comparison of the density of a material to that of an equal volume of water. If a material or substance has a specific gravity equal to that of water, its specific gravity (sometimes called "spee gee" by the chemists) is 1. If it is more dense, say twice as dense as water, its spee gee will be 2. If the spee gee of a substance, in this case a mineral, is less than 1, it is less dense than water and will float. There may be a few exceptions for porous materials, but this is the rule.
If a mineral is 10 times heavier than water what is its specific gravity?
specific gravity = relative density ( relative to water) , so if the mineral is 10 times the density of water, then its specific gravity is 10
