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<strong>1.1</strong>4 Density and Specific Gravity<br />

• Density is the physical property that relates the mass<br />

of an object to its volume; mass per unit volume.<br />

• Most substances contract when cooled, and expand<br />

when heated.<br />

• Water expands when it freezes, so ice floats on liquid<br />

water.

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