Specific Volume Calculator

Simply enter the density of materials in the specific volume calculator and click calculate to find the specific volume.

Specific volume calculator finds a special type of volume, aka specific volume, using the density of the liquids. You can also find density by entering the specific volume. This means it works both ways.

What is specific volume?

The specific volume of liquids refers to a unit mass of material. It is the volume (in cubic meters) occupied by one kilogram. The SI unit for specific volume is m³kg^-1.

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Experimentally, Specific volume can be measured through the displacement of liquids.

For this purpose, hydrometers are used. This displacement is divided by weight afterward to calculate the specific volume.

Specific volume formula

Specific volume is simply reciprocal of the density of the material. It is calculated by the equation:

V = 1/ρ

Where, ρ is the symbol used to represent density.

How to calculate the specific volume?

Example

Find the specific volume of water at 20 degrees.

Solution:

Step 1: Write the density of the material.

ρ of water = 998.3 kgm^-3

Step 2: Find the reciprocal of the density.

ρ = 1 / 998.3

ρ = 0.001 kgm^-3

Specific Volume Table - Water

You can take help from the water density table for different temperatures.

Temperature	Density (0-100°C at 1 atm, >100 °C at saturation pressure)					Specific weight		Thermal expansion coefficient
[°C]	[g/cm³]	[kg/m³]	[sl/ft³]	[lbm/ft³]	[lbm/gal (US liq)]	[kN/m³]	[lbf/ft³]	[*10- 4 K-1]
0.1	0.9998495	999.85	1.9400	62.4186	8.3441	9.8052	62.419	-0.68
1	0.9999017	999.90	1.9401	62.4218	8.3446	9.8057	62.422	-0.50
4	0.9999749	999.97	1.9403	62.4264	8.3452	9.8064	62.426	0.003
10	0.9997000	999.70	1.9397	62.4094	8.3429	9.8037	62.409	0.88
15	0.9991026	999.10	1.9386	62.3719	8.3379	9.7978	62.372	1.51
20	0.9982067	998.21	1.9368	62.3160	8.3304	9.7891	62.316	2.07
25	0.9970470	997.05	1.9346	62.2436	8.3208	9.7777	62.244	2.57
30	0.9956488	995.65	1.9319	62.1563	8.3091	9.7640	62.156	3.03
35	0.9940326	994.03	1.9287	62.0554	8.2956	9.7481	62.055	3.45
40	0.9922152	992.22	1.9252	61.9420	8.2804	9.7303	61.942	3.84
45	0.99021	990.21	1.9213	61.8168	8.2637	9.7106	61.817	4.20
50	0.98804	988.04	1.9171	61.6813	8.2456	9.6894	61.681	4.54
55	0.98569	985.69	1.9126	61.5346	8.2260	9.6663	61.535	4.86
60	0.98320	983.20	1.9077	61.3792	8.2052	9.6419	61.379	5.16
65	0.98055	980.55	1.9026	61.2137	8.1831	9.6159	61.214	5.44
70	0.97776	977.76	1.8972	61.0396	8.1598	9.5886	61.040	5.71
75	0.97484	974.84	1.8915	60.8573	8.1354	9.5599	60.857	5.97
80	0.97179	971.79	1.8856	60.6669	8.1100	9.5300	60.667	6.21
85	0.96861	968.61	1.8794	60.4683	8.0834	9.4988	60.468	6.44
90	0.96531	965.31	1.8730	60.2623	8.0559	9.4665	60.262	6.66
95	0.96189	961.89	1.8664	60.0488	8.0274	9.4329	60.049	6.87
100	0.95835	958.35	1.8595	59.8278	7.9978	9.3982	59.828	7.03
110	0.95095	950.95	1.8451	59.3659	7.9361	9.3256	59.366	8.01
120	0.94311	943.11	1.8299	58.8764	7.8706	9.2487	58.876	8.60
140	0.92613	926.13	1.7970	57.8164	7.7289	9.0822	57.816	9.75
160	0.90745	907.45	1.7607	56.6503	7.5730	8.8990	56.650	11.0
180	0.88700	887.00	1.7211	55.3736	7.4024	8.6985	55.374	12.3
200	0.86466	864.66	1.6777	53.9790	7.2159	8.4794	53.979	13.9
220	0.84022	840.22	1.6303	52.4532	7.0120	8.2397	52.453	16.0
240	0.81337	813.37	1.5782	50.7770	6.7879	7.9764	50.777	18.6
260	0.78363	783.63	1.5205	48.9204	6.5397	7.6848	48.920	22.1
280	0.75028	750.28	1.4558	46.8385	6.2614	7.3577	46.838
300	0.71214	712.14	1.3818	44.4574	5.9431	6.9837	44.457
320	0.66709	667.09	1.2944	41.6451	5.5671	6.5419	41.645
340	0.61067	610.67	1.1849	38.1229	5.0963	5.9886	38.123
360	0.52759	527.59	1.0237	32.9364	4.4030	5.1739	32.936
373.946	0.3220	322.0	0.625	20.102	2.6872	3.1577	20.102

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What is specific volume?

Specific volume formula

How to calculate the specific volume?

Specific Volume Table - Water

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