Experiment 3: Determination of Density

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Objectives
 To determine the density of solid and liquid substances.
 To learn measuring mass and volume of the regular and irregular shapes.
 To use density to identify an unknown solid or liquid

Introduction
 Available in the presentation file.

Equipment
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Procedure
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Data & Calculation

A) Density of a regularly shaped solid (rectangular wooden or metallic block)

Length (cm)  
Width (cm)  
Height (cm)  
Volume (cm3) *  
Weight (g)  
Density (g/cm3) *  
Accepted value (g/mL)
Percentage error *
*show calculation
Volume = ( )( )( )=
()
Density = ( ) =

¿
Percentage error =|( )−()∨ () 100 % ¿ =

Identity of the unknown solid: …………………..

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B) Density of an irregularly shaped solid (minerals or stone)

Weight of marble chips (g)  

Initial volume in graduated cylinder, Vi (mL)  

Final volume in graduated cylinder, Vf (mL)  

Change in volume (∆V) (mL) *  

Density (g/mL) *  

Accepted value (g/mL)

Percentage error *
*
show calculation
∆V = Vf - Vi =
()
Density = ( ) =

¿
Percentage error =|( )−()∨ () 100 % ¿ =

Identity of the unknown solid: …………………..

C) Density of unknown liquid

Mass of the empty Erlenmeyer flask, mi (g)  

Initial reading of the burette, Vi (mL)  

Final reading of the burette, Vf (mL)  

Change in volume (∆V) (mL) *  

Mass of the Erlenmeyer flask and unknown liquid, mf (g)

Change in weight (weight of unknown liquid) (g) *

Density (g/mL) *  

Accepted value (g/mL)

Percentage error *
*
show calculation
∆V = Vf - Vi
∆m = mf - mi
()
Density = ( ) =
2
 ¿
Percentage error =|( )−()∨ () 100 % ¿ =

Identity of the unknown liquid: …………………..

Results:
dexperimental daccepted %error Unknown
3
(g/cm )
3
(g/cm )
identity
Part A
Part B
Part C

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