Define relative density.

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The ratio of the density of the substance with the density of water is known as relative density.
$R . D . = \frac{d e n s i t y o f s u b s \tan c e}{d e n s i t y o f r e f e r e n c e}$ , where “RD” is relative density.
It is a dimensionless quantity.
The reference of solid and liquid is water and that of gas is air.

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