SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND CONVERTING WEIGHT TO VOLUME MEASUREMENT

Specific Gravity and Converting Weight to Volume Measurement

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Many people think that all liquids weigh the same. This is not true. If you have two liters of a particular liquid, the weight will not necessarily equal the weight of a separate two liters of another liquid. People who work around liquids all day long whether you work for a chemical factory, a milk / dairy farm, an engineering firm, etc likely understand this because they live with different weights and converting different units of measure (weight to volume, pounds to gallons, kilograms to liters) is a way of life. For everyone else, you need to understand that different kinds of liquids have different 'thickness' so to speak. A 500 milliliters (ML) of motor oil will be heavier than 500 ML of water for example.
If you really want to sound like a pro though, don't talk in terms of 'thickness'. Talk in terms of 'specific gravity' Defining the specific gravity is a big step toward converting how heavy something is to the amount of volume it takes up. I wrote an article on the subject. It will teach you to calculate weight (mass) to volume units of measure. I linked it below. Check it out.

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