Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305578296
Author: John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 31, Problem 5RQ
The specific gravity of natural gas is
A. 0.08.
B. 1.00.
C. 0.42.
D. 0.60.
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