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Physics Final Lab Report

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1. How well does the appearance and solubility, of iodine and zinc respectively compare with information presented in the CRC handbook of chemistry and Physics? Our results for the appearance and solubility of iodine and zinc were very similar to the results given on the table. The only thing that was different was the result for Mineral oil. Because the table only states the solubility of Glycerin we don’t know if the results we got for Mineral oil would match up with the handbook results. 2. What is the graphical (graph shape), mathematical (equation of the graph) and numerical (value of slope and y- intercept) relationship between the mass of a piece of zinc and the volume of space it occupies? Graph: straight and rising Equation: y = …show more content…

The slope is the density of zinc and the graph depicts that density by using the equation to make a linear shape. Post Lab Questions: 1. a. Zinc shot was used to determine density instead of granular zinc because the small granules of zinc traps air bubbles while zinc shot does not. Knowing this, will the measured volume of zinc in the form of granules be greater or smaller? Greater because of added air bubbles taking up more space. b. Will the density of zinc using the granules be greater or smaller? The density will be smaller because the air bubbles cause the volume to be incorrectly larger while not changing the mass (around 10 grams). The large volume then causes the density to be smaller when it’s plugged into the equation (D=M/V) 2. a. What does the slope of the line signify in the graph that you plotted? The slope signifies the density of the zinc. This is because Rise/Run = Mass/Volume in the graph b. Comment on your y-intercept. The y-intercept is the mass of zinc when there is a volume of zero. 3. Here is a multiple-choice question. Choose one or more of the following statements that is always true about the meaning of 7.14

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