By Team Aakash Byju's
Let us look into the differences between Specific gravity and Apparent specific gravity.
Specific gravity is defined as the ratio between the density of a substance and the density of a water at a given temperature.
The formula to calculate specific gravity is Specific gravity = Density of substance / Density of Reference
Apparent specific gravity can be defined as the ratio of the mass of a volume of the impermeable portion of a material to the mass of an equal volume of distilled water at a stated temperature.
The apparent specific gravity can be calculated using the below formula:
Changes in pressure and temperature affect the specific gravity of objects and liquids.
Specific gravity has a wide range of applications such as determining gem purity, measuring the concentration of solutes in urine, etc.
Whereas apparent specific gravity has only a few limited applications.
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