Laboratory Manual for Chemistry (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780133886627
Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay, Jill Kirsten Robinson, Stephanie Dillon, Sandra Rogers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.97CP
Lignum vitae is a hard, durable, and extremely dense wood used to make ship bearings. A sphere of this wood with a diameter of 7.60 cm has a mass of 313 g.
(a) What is the density of the lignum vitae sphere?
(b) Will the sphere float or sink in water?
(c) Will the sphere float or sink in chloroform? (The density Of chloroform is 1.48 g/mL).
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