Specific gravity determination

 Density bottle
Any container that may be filled to a repeatable
volume eg volumetric flask
Specific gravity determination
 Method
Mass of clean dry bottle Mb
Mass of bottle and oven dry sample Ms
Mass of bottle, sample and water to volume mark.
Before complete filling , the mix may need to be
boiled or placed under a vacuum to remove all the
air.. Mf
Mass of bottle and only water to volume mark Mw
Four mass determinations

Mb Ms Mf Mw
Specific gravity calculation
 Calculation
Specific gravity = Mass of solid / mass of
water of same volume

= Ms – Mb
(Mw – Mb) - (Mf - M s)
Solid density units == g/ml or kg/ m3