A chemist working as a safety inspector finds an unmarked bottle in a lab cabinet. A note on the door of the cabinet says the cabinet is used to store bottles of ethanolamine, acetone, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and pentane. The chemist plans to try to identify the unknown liquid by measuring the density and comparing to known densities. First, from his collection of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), the chemist finds the following information: liquid density ethanolamine -3 1.0 g- cm acetone 0.79 g· cm - 3 1.5 g. cm chloroform tetrahydrofuran -3 0.89 g· cm -3 0.63 g· cm pentane Next, the chemist measures the volume of the unknown liquid as 0.874 L and the mass of the unknown liquid as 690. g. Calculate the density of the liquid. Round your answer to 3 significant digits. -3 g* cm O yes Given the data above, is it possible identify the liquid? O no ethanolamine acetone If it is possible to identify the liquid, do so. O chloroform O tetrahydrofuran O pentane

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the chemist measures the volume of the unknown liquid as 

0.874L and the mass of the unknown liquid as  690.g
 
 
Calculate the density of the liquid. Round your answer to 3 significant digits.
⋅gcm−3
   
Given the data above, is it possible to identify the liquid?
 
yes
 
 
no
 
   
If it is possible to identify the liquid, do so.
 
ethanolamine
 
 
acetone
 
 
chloroform
 
 
tetrahydrofuran
 
 
pentane
A chemist working as a safety inspector finds an unmarked bottle in a lab cabinet. A note on the door of the cabinet says the cabinet is used to store bottles of
ethanolamine, acetone, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and pentane.
The chemist plans to try to identify the unknown liquid by measuring the density and comparing to known densities. First, from his collection of Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDS), the chemist finds the following information:
liquid
density
ethanolamine
-3
1.0 g· cm
-3
0.79 g· cm
acetone
chloroform
-3
1.5 g· cm
tetrahydrofuran
-3
0.89 g· cm
pentane
-3
0.63 g· cm
Next, the chemist measures the volume of the unknown liquid as 0.874 L and the mass of the unknown liquid as 690. g.
Calculate the density of the liquid. Round
-3
|g cm
your answer to 3 significant digits.
О yes
Given the data above, is it possible to
identify the liquid?
O no
O ethanolamine
O acetone
If it is possible to identify the liquid, do so.
O chloroform
O tetrahydrofuran
O pentane
Transcribed Image Text:A chemist working as a safety inspector finds an unmarked bottle in a lab cabinet. A note on the door of the cabinet says the cabinet is used to store bottles of ethanolamine, acetone, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and pentane. The chemist plans to try to identify the unknown liquid by measuring the density and comparing to known densities. First, from his collection of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), the chemist finds the following information: liquid density ethanolamine -3 1.0 g· cm -3 0.79 g· cm acetone chloroform -3 1.5 g· cm tetrahydrofuran -3 0.89 g· cm pentane -3 0.63 g· cm Next, the chemist measures the volume of the unknown liquid as 0.874 L and the mass of the unknown liquid as 690. g. Calculate the density of the liquid. Round -3 |g cm your answer to 3 significant digits. О yes Given the data above, is it possible to identify the liquid? O no O ethanolamine O acetone If it is possible to identify the liquid, do so. O chloroform O tetrahydrofuran O pentane
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