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Why do we always use water as a reference material when determining the relative density of a substance
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Why do we always use water as a reference material when determining the relative density of a substance

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Because of it being able to become a gas, a liquid, and solid, and because its used in lots of chemical experiments. (also because its easier to describe it than any other liquid)

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1. Water is used in most Chemicals, therefore its being used as a reference material.

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