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Bulk Specific Gravity Gsb

Bulk Specific Gravity, or Gsb, is the ratio of the mass in air of a unit volume of a permeable material (including both permeable and impermeable voids normal to the material) at a stated temperature to the mass in air of equal density of an equal volume of gas-free distilled water at a stated temperature.