A famous chemical company in Oman hired you as a research chemist. On the very first day of your job, your senior asked you to determine the density of a newly discovered unknown metal. In your lab, two liquids named X and Y are available with densities of 3.0771 g/mL and 4.0017 g/mL respectively. In the process of finding density you made a mixture of these liquids and drop a small object of that unknown metal, however, you notice that the object becomes suspended in the liquid; that is, it neither sinks nor floats. If the mixture was made of 32.77 percent X and 67.23 percent Y by volume, what is the density of the metal?

A famous chemical company in Oman hired you as a research chemist. On the very first day of your job, your senior asked you to determine the density of a newly discovered unknown metal. In your lab, two liquids named X and Y are available with densities of 3.0771 g/mL and 4.0017 g/mL respectively. In the process of finding density you made a mixture of these liquids and drop a small object of that unknown metal, however, you notice that the object becomes suspended in the liquid; that is, it neither sinks nor floats. If the mixture was made of 32.77 percent X and 67.23 percent Y by volume, what is the density of the metal?

Living by Chemistry

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ISBN:9781464142314

Author:Angelica M. Stacy

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ChapterU1: Alchemy: Matter, Atomic Structure, And Bonding

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