What is density?
Density is a measurement which tells how much mass is there within a volume. It is calculated by dividing mass into its volume. The SI unit of kilogram per cubic metre is ㎏/m3.
Density of some materials
- Helium: 0.00018 g/㎤
- Air: 0.001293 g/㎤
- Oxygen: 0.00143 g/㎤
- Olive oil: 0.9 g/㎤
- Ice: 0.92 g/㎤
- Leather: 0.946 g/㎤
- Water at 4℃: 1 g/㎤
- Sea water: 1.03 g/㎤
- Window glass: 2.579 g/㎤
- Steel: 7.8 g/㎤
- Mercury: 13.593 g/㎤
- Gold: 19.3 g/㎤
- Osmium: 22.59 g/㎤