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841Specific Gravity p369-370 PAGE  PAGE 3 〈841〉SPECIFIC GRAVITY Unless otherwise stated in the individual monograph, the specific gravity determination is applicable only to liquids, and, unless otherwise stated, is based on the ratio of the weight of a liquid in air at 25 to that of an equal volume of water at the same temperature. Where a temperature is specified in the individual monograph, the specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of the liquid in air at the specified temperature to that of an equal volume of water at the same temperature. When the substance is a solid at 25, determine the specific gravity of the melted material at the temperature directed in the individual monograph, and refer to water at 25. Unless otherwise stated in the individual monograph, the density is defined as the mass of a unit volume of the substance at 25, expressed in kilograms per cubic meter or grams per cubic centimeter (1 kg/m3 = 10–3 g/cm3). Unless otherwise directed in the individual monograph, use Method I. METHOD I Procedure— Select a scrupulously clean, dry pycnometer that previously has been calibrated by determining its weight and the weight of recently boiled water contained in it at 25. Adjust the temperature of the liquid to about 20, and fill the pycnometer with it. Adjust the temperature of the filled pycnometer to 25, remove any excess liquid, and weigh. When the monograph specifies a temperature different from 25, filled pycnometers must be brought to the temperature of the balance before they are weighed. Subtract the tare weight of the pycnometer from the filled weight. The specific gravity of the liquid is the quotient obtained by dividing the weight of the liquid contained in the pycnometer by the weight of water contained in it, both determined at 25, unless otherwise directed in the individual monograph. METHOD II The procedure includes the use of the Oscillating transducer density meter. The apparatus consists of the following: a U-sh