Answer:
Specific gravity of mineral = 2.6
Explanation:
Given data:
Density of mineral = 2.6 g/cm³
Specific gravity = ?
Solution:
Specific gravity:
Specific gravity of a substance is ration of density of substance and the density of reference substance. It is unit less quantity.
Mostly water is taken as reference substance.
The density of water is 1 g/cm³
Thus the specific gravity of mineral is,
Specific gravity of mineral = density of mineral /density of water
Specific gravity of mineral = 2.6 g/cm³ / 1 g/cm³
Specific gravity of mineral = 2.6
