McKenna Lacki Denver Kuehl 10-18-13 5th hour

Density Lab

McKenna Lacki Denver Kuehl 10-18-13 5th hour Mirrolli

Purpose: To find the density of three unknown irregular shaped metals. Materials: -3 different size samples of substance A, B,and C. -Graduated cylinder (100 mL) -Digital scale -Water -Pen or Pencil

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-Google Docs -Computer -Paper -Microsoft Excel Procedure: 1.Gather materials except metals. 2. Fill graduated cylinder up to 50 mL of water. 3. Set scale to zero. 4. Grab first size of substance A. 5. Place on scale and record mass in grams. 6. Place metal in graduated cylinder and record difference in change of mL. (1 cm3 =1 mL) 7. Pour water out with fingers over graduated cylinder and over sink. Collect metal and dry it off. 8. Repeat steps 2-7 for each substance and their appropriate sizes.. 9. After complete, clean up and put collected data into table. 10. To find density divide each material sizes by their appropriate mass and divided volume. 11. Average each substances density to get closest answer. Hypothesis: If we were to test the density of substance A then it would be the same density as Zinc. If we were to test the density of substance B then it would be the same density as copper. If we were to test the density of substance C then it would be the same density as Nickel.

Data Table: volume size (m^3) 10.1 average density (g/ml) 11.8 accepted density (g/ml) 11.35

type of metal a1

mass (g) 120.1

Density (g/ml) 11.9

error (g/ml) 0.45

% error 3.90%

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a2 a3 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3

9.5 10 7.3 8.4 10.3 16.8 11.1 24.6

108.5 120.4 69.6 73.6 91.9 44.7 37.7 67.6

11.4 12 9.5 8.8 8.92 2.66 3.4 2.75

11.8 11.8 9.07 9.07 9.07 2.94 2.94 2.94

11.35 11.35 8.96 8.96 8.96 2.7 2.7 2.7

0.45 0.45 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.24 0.24 0.24

3.90% 3.90% 1.20% 1.20% 1.20% 8.90% 8.90% 8.90%

Graphs:

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Conclusion: The purpose of this experiment was to find the density of three unknown substances that are irregular shapes. Our hypotheses was, if we were to test the density of substance A then it would be the same density as zinc, if we were to test the density of substance B then it would be the same density as copper, and if we were to test the density of substance C then it would be the same density as nickel. In this experiment we found out the substance A was lead, substance B was copper, and substance C was aluminum, we also learned their accepted densities . Therefore we we right about substance B, and wrong about A and C. The average density for substance A was 11.8 g/cm^3 which gave us an error of .45 and percent error %3.90, the slope of the regression line was the same as the average density and the r^2 was .79 which is reasonable to allow the .45 error. The average density for substance B was 9.07 g/cm^3 which gave us an error of .11 and percent error %1.20, the slope of the regression line was close as the average density and the r^2 was .93 which agrees with how low the percent error was, this was our

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closest measurement and the only one we guessed right.The average density for substance C was 2.94g/cm^3 which gave us an error of .24 and percent error %8.90, the slope of the regression line was about the same as the average density and the r^2 was .89 which doesnt match the relatively high percent error but it is dealing with smaller numbers. All of our Observed data matched the accepted values within a percent error of 10% so we were able to trust our measurements. some possibilities that could have influenced our error could be the exactness of the graduated cylinder, and how close we were to using the base water amount of 50 ml, and most of all human error is probably the most likely cause of error.If we could redo this experiment we would like to be able to hold the metal before we guessed what it was and change our hypothesis.