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The relative density of mercury is 13.6. What does this statement mean?

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According to the given statement, mercury is 13.6 times heavier than the equal volume of water.

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The relative density of mercury is 13.6. What does this statement mean ?

Q. The relative density of mercury is 13.6. Find its density. Given density of water =

1000 k g / m^{3}

Q. If 100 cc iron of relative density 7.8 floats on mercury of relative density 13.6, what volume of iron is immersed?

Q. Mercury has an angle of contact equal to

140^{o}

with soda lime glass. A narrow tube of radius

1.00 m m

made of this glass is dipped in a trough containing mercury. By what amount does the mercury dip down in the tube relative to the liquid surface outside ? Surface tension of mercury at the temperature of the experiment is

0.465 N m^{- 1}

. Density of mercury

= 13.6 \times 10^{3} k g m^{- 3}

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