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DensityLab:ResultsandConclusion

1. Howdoyoucalculatedensity?What2measurementsdoyouneedtoknowfirst?
2. Foreachobject,comparethedensityofthewholeobjectwiththedensitiesofthe
pieces.Whatdoyounoticeaboutthedensities?
3. Lookatthedatayoucollected.Whichobjectswouldfloatinwater?Which
objectswouldsinkinwater?Howdoyouknow?
4. Whichtypesofwooddidyouhave?Howdoyouknow?
5. Whattypeofmetalcylinderdidyouhave?Howdoyouknow?
6. Whyisdensityacharacteristicproperty?
7. Howdoyoumeasurethevolumeofanirregularshapedobject?
8. Thedensityofaluminumis2.7g/cm3.Anunknownsamplehasamassof45g
andavolumeof13.5cm3.Couldtheunknownsamplebealuminum?Whyor
whynot?Makesureyoushowyourmathcalculation.
Conclusion:Refertopages15and2627inyourchemistrytextbook.
Inaparagraphexplainwhydensityisacharacteristicproperty.Aremassand
volumecharacteristicproperties?Whyorwhynot?Candensitybeusedtoidentifyan
unknownsubstance?

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