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The slope was calculated based on the fitted curve between the excitation and output voltages of sensing chip under the nonresonant status. This measuring method need not sweep frequency to find the accurate resonant frequency. Therefore, the fluid density was measured easily based on the calculated slope. In addition, the micro-cantilver was drived by double sided excitation and free end excitation to oscillate under flexural and torsional vibrations, respectively. The corresponding experiments were carried out to measure the fluid density by the slope method. The measurement results were also analyzed when the sensing chip was under flexural and torsional nonresonant vibrations separately. 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