Specific Weight is a terminology used in chemistry and physics to describe the relationship between weight and the volume that a substance occupies. The most common unit of measurement used to measure this specific weight is the Newton over cubic meter, however, other scientific agencies in the world use the Kilopond over Cubic Meter, the first unit belongs to the "international system" that is applied in the American continent and the second to the technical system of Asian students and someregions of the middle east and southern Europe.
Since the weight is that force of attraction on things that the earth exerts towards it and also the value of the mass, and the volume is the surface that a substance, entity or object occupies in any geometric shape, this physical dilemma is interesting, because For some the specific weight is the one that determines the density, while for others it is the weight that a substance occupies in a space, it would be the same for reading purposes, but the calculation is used for different functions both in physics and chemistry.
The formula to calculate the Specific Weight is as follows:
In the formula that we have just appreciated, gamma corresponds to the specific weight, P is the weight of the substance, V is the Volume it occupies in the container, D is the density and G is the constant of gravity that is equivalent to 9.8 square meters on square seconds.
