Specific volume is volume divided by mass and has metric units of m^3/kg Since specific volume and density are inverses of each other, a substance with a high density will have a low specific volume. For example, a substance with a density of 500 kg/m^3 will have a specific volume of 0.002 m^3/kg. The number 0.002 comes from taking the inverse of 500 which is 1/500 and the units switch places from the numerator to the denominator (mass/volume density units become volume/mass specific volume units). |