| UiTMBB | CHE241: Fluid Mechanics & Equipment |

| Tutorial Chapter 1: Fluid Properties |

1. An unknown liquid substance has a mass of 18.5g and occupies a volume of 23.4 ml. Determine the
density of the unknown liquid. (Ans: 790 kg/m3)
2. The density of titanium is 4507 kg/m3. Calculate the mass of 0.17 m3 titanium.
3. Sheila has a different rock with a volume of 30cm3 and a mass of 60g. What is its density? (Ans: 2.0
g/cm3)
4. Rahman have a rock with a volume of 15cm3 and a mass of 45 g. What is its density? (Ans: 3.0 g/cm3)
5. In the above two examples (question 3 & 4) which rock is heavier? Which is lighter?
6. In the above two examples which rock is more dense? Which is less dense?
7. You decide you want to carry a boulder home from the beach. It is 30 centimeters on each side, and so
has a volume of 27,000 cm3. It is made of granite, which has a typical density of 2.8 g/cm3. How much
will this boulder weigh? (Ans: 75.6 kg)
8. Rocks are sometimes used along coasts to prevent erosion. If a rock needs to weigh 2,000 kilograms
(about 2 tons) in order not to be shifted by waves, how big (what volume) does it need to be? You are
using basalt, which has a typical density of 3200 kg/m3. (Ans: 0.625 m3)
9. A golden-colored cube is handed to you. The person wants you to buy it for $100, saying that is a gold
nugget. You pull out your old geology text and look up gold in the mineral table, and read that its density
is 19.3 g/cm3. You measure the cube and find that it is 2 cm on each side, and weighs 40 g. What is its
density? Is it gold? Should you buy it? (Ans: Density: 5.0 g/cm3)
10. Define the following terms:
a) Specific gravity (2 marks)
b) Specific weight (2 marks)
c) Mass density (1 mark)
11. Describe the similarities and differences between liquid and gas. (6 marks)
12. Define Newtonian fluid and state two (2) examples of Newtonian fluid. (5 marks)
13. There is 1.20 L of an unknown fluid M weighs 1.80 kg in a tank. Calculate:
a) Mass density (2marks)
b) Specific volume (2 marks)
14. A reservoir whose dimensions are 0.32 m x 1 m x 3 m contains 1200 kg of glycerine. Determine the
following properties of the glycerine:
a) Weight (2 marks)
b) Density (2 marks)
c) Specific weight (2 marks)
d) Specific gravity (2 marks)
15. A liquid when poured into a graduated cylinder is found to weigh 5.2 N when occupying a volume of 350
ml. Determine:
a) Mass (2 marks)
b) Specific gravity (3 marks)
16. A 500 mL beaker on a table in laboratory is filled up with slurry fluid which weighs as 2.5 N. By assuming
all the particles in the slurry fluid have constant density, calculate:
a) Specific weight (3 marks)
b) Relative density (2 marks)
17. A liquid which has dynamic viscosity of 9.58 x10-4 N.ms-2 flows through a pipe in a plant. Calculate its
kinematic viscosity, when the specific weight is given as 15.6 KN.m-3. (3 marks)