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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Density and Specific Gravity. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mavs Open Press - Properties and Behavior of Soil Online Lab Manual - Specific Gravity Test. | Jan 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gemological Institute of America - Contributions to a History of Gemology: Specific Gravity - Origins and Development of the Hydrostatic Method (PDF). | Oct 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Specific Gravity Improves Identification of Clinically Significant Quantitative Proteinuria from the Dipstick Urinalysis. | Aug 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Density and Specific Gravity. | May 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Density and Specific Gravity. | Nov 01, 2022 | ||
| Added a video that describes how specific gravity is calculated. | May 13, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Specific Gravity. | Oct 05, 2018 | ||
| Photo of hydrometer added. | Jun 09, 2016 | ||
| Added new Web site: Geological Sciences Department of California State Polytechnic University - Specific Gravity. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Specific Gravity. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery - Specific Gravity. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: UCSF Childrens Hospital in California - Specific Gravity. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Tech Faq - Specific Gravity. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom - Specific Gravity. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries - Specific Gravity. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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