EXERCISE NO.

PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS (MASS DENSITY, SPECIFIC VOLUME, UNIT

WEIGHT, SPECIFIC GRAVITY)

______________________________ ENGR. LILIAN A. LERIOS

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1. If an object has a mass of 13 kilograms, what will be its weight at a point

when the acceleration due to gravity g = 10 m/s² ?
2. A certain fluid has a mass of 1,500 kg and a volume of 0.95 m³. Find its:
(a)Weight
(b)Unit Weight
(c)Mass Density
(d)Specific Gravity
3. If the specific volume of a certain gas is 0.8543 m³/kg, what is its specific
weight?
4. Given mercury with a mass of 120 kg. What is its volume in cubic
centimeter? Use specific gravity of mercury equal to 13.6
5. A certain fluid has a mass and volume of 1,800 kg & 0.86 m³, respectively.
Find its:
(a)Weight
(b)Unit Weight
( c)Mass Density
(d)Specific gravity
6. A certain fluid has a specific volume of 0.8576 m³/kg. What is its specific
weight?
7. The specific gravity of a certain oil is 0.85. Calculate its :
(a)Specific Weight, in N/m³
(b)Mass Density, in kg/m³
(c )Specific Volume
(d) If this oil has a volume of 800 liters, what is its mass?
(e)If this oil has a volume of 900 liters, what is its weight?
8. Air is kept at a pressure of 250 kPa absolute and a temperature of 35⁰C in a
600-liter container. What is the mass of air? Use gas constant of air equal to
287 J/kg-⁰K
9. Calculate the density of water vapor, in kg/m³, at 340 kPa absolute and 25⁰C
if its gas constant is 0.462 kPa-m³/kg-⁰K.
10. Find the mass density of Helium at a temperature of 86⁰F and a pressure of
175 kPa gage. Use R of Helium equal to 2079 J/kg-⁰K
11. What is the specific weight of Helium at a temperature of 65⁰F and a
pressure of 175 kPa gage.
12. At 77⁰F and 200 kPa gage, the specific weight of a certain gas was 14.5 N/m³.
Determine the gas constant, R, of this gas.