Physical and Mechanical Properties of Deep Oceanic Sediments Cored from the Bottom of Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

Table 3

Specific gravity before and after correction.

Groups	Temperature (°C)	Water specific gravity,	Mass of solid particles, (g)	Mass of the pycnometer and water, (g)	Mass of the pycnometer and water and solid particles, (g)	Measured specific gravity,	Corrected specific gravity,
1	20.5	0.998128	3.182	79.68	81.699	2.7309	2.5227
2	20.5	0.998128	3.181	79.679	81.702	2.7513	2.5410