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Essay on Density Lab

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Objective:

The objective of this lab was to calculate the densities of various objects using different techniques.

Procedure:
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<li value="1"> The mass of the 100-ml. Graduated cylinder was measured without water or rubber stopper.
<li value="2"> The mass of the 100-ml. Graduated cylinder was measured without water but with the rubber stopper.
<li value="3"> The mass of the metal cylinder was measured.
<li value="4"> The 100-ml. Graduated cylinder, with rubber stopper was filled with an amount of water.
<li value="5"> The metal cylinder was placed in 100-ml. Graduated cylinder with water and rubber stopper.
<li value="6"> The new volume of the water and metal cylinder was measured.
<li value="7"> The diameter of the …show more content…

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D=(T-I)<em>V

Volume of a cylinder=pr2h r=d/2

Therefore: The density of a metal cylinder. . . .

D=M</em>(p(d/2)2h)

Theory of Water of Displacement: A volume of water was measured. A second volume of water was measured when the metal cylinder was added. The initial volume was subtracted from the second (total) volume to get the volume of the metal cylinder.

D=M/(T-I)

Data:

Metal Cylinder~

Mass of Metal Cylinder- 51.86g

Mass of 100ml. Graduated Cylinder with rubber stopper- 121.04g

. Volume of water- 47.0ml

Volume of water and metal cylinder-53.5ml

Diameter of metal cylinder- 1.20cm

Height of metal cylinder- 5.20cm

Water~

Mass of 100ml Graduated Cylinder, empty- 107.51g

Mass of 100ml Graduated Cylinder with water- 157.95g

Volume of water- 50.0 ml

Temperature of water- 23.0&#176;c

Wood~

Width of wood- 14.40cm

Length of wood- 14.41 cm

Depth of wood- .60cm

Mass of wood- 91.50g

Metal Plate~

Width of metal plate- 15.20cm

Length of metal plate- 15.40cm

Depth of metal plate- .12cm

Mass of metal plate- 97.78 g

Ethanol~

Mass of 10ml Graduated cylinder- 26.21g

Mass of Ethanol and 10ml Graduated cylinder- 30.26g

Volume of Ethanol- 5.08ml

Calculations:

Metal Cylinder~

Displacement: 51.86g/(53.50ml-47.00ml)= 7.98g/ml

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