Unit of Density
As density is defined as the ratio of mass and volume of any substance, mass is measured in kg and volume is measured in litre. So the density is measured in kg/m3.
Density is the property of the material and different materials have different properties, so the same volume of different materials weighs differently.
SI Unit of Density
The SI unit for measuring the density is kilogram per meter cube or kg/m3.
Other Units of Density
Other units of density which are widely used include,
- gram per centimetre cube (g/cc)
- gram per millilitre (g/mL)
- kilogram per litre (kg/L)
- kilogram per cubic decimetre (kg/dm3)
1 g/cc = 1 g/ml
Density
Density is defined as the measurement of the weight of the object when a fixed volume of it is taken. It can be calculated by dividing the mass of an object by its mass. It is the true measure of the heaviness of the material. This can be understood with the help of the following example,
“Which weighs heavier 1 kg of cotton or 1 kg of iron?” The obvious answer to this is iron is heavier than cotton so 1 kg of iron must be heavier than 1 kg of cotton but here, both of them weigh exactly the same (1 kg) but iron feels heavier because of the density as the density of Iron is heavier.
In this article, we have provided everything related to what is density, the formula for density, density of water, and how to calculate density.
Table of Content
- What Is Density?
- Density Formula
- Density of Various States of Matter
- Unit of Density
- Applications of Density in Real Life
- How Is Density Calculated?