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Physics — Chart: Material Densities

Densities of common materials (log scale).

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{
  "$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.json",
  "description": "Material densities",
  "data": {"values": [
    {"material": "Air", "density": 0.0012},
    {"material": "Water", "density": 1.0},
    {"material": "Aluminium", "density": 2.7},
    {"material": "Iron", "density": 7.9},
    {"material": "Lead", "density": 11.3},
    {"material": "Gold", "density": 19.3}
  ]},
  "mark": "bar",
  "encoding": {
    "x": {"field": "material", "type": "nominal", "sort": "y", "title": "Material"},
    "y": {"field": "density", "type": "quantitative", "scale": {"type": "log"}, "title": "density (g/cm^3, log)"},
    "color": {"field": "material", "type": "nominal", "legend": null}
  }
}