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CHEMISTRY
4.5 – Calculating DensitySlide2
In this photo of an oil spill, the oil
i
s floating on the water. It floats because oil is lighter than water. When comparing fluids using the words ‘light’ and ‘heavy’, you must examine the same volume (or amount) of each fluid. When you compare the masses of the same volume of different substances, you are comparing their densities.Slide3
Density – the mass per unit volume of a substance
Oil floats on water because it is less dense than water.Slide4
Density is calculated by dividing the mass of an amount of substance by its volume. The formula is:
Density =
Mass VolumeDensity is expressed as grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm3 ) or grams per milliliter (g/mL) Slide5
Each substance has its own unique density.
Water has a density of 1.0 g/
mL.Liquids and solids that float on water have a density of less than 1.0 g/mL. Liquids or solids that sink in water have densities of more than 1.0 g/mL.Slide6
DENSITY OF COMMON
SUBSTANCES
Which of the above substances is the most dense?Which of the above substances would float on water?Which of the above substances would sink in water?SUBSTANCEDENSITY (g/mL)
wood
(western red cedar)
0.37
crude oil
0.86 – 0.88
pure water
1.00
copper
8.92Slide7
CALCULATING DENSITY
Calculate the density of each kind of wood.
a) a child’s block made of birch wood with a volume of 510 cm3 and a mass of 306 gb) a pine log with a mass of 96 000 g and a volume of 240 000 cm3 c) a sculpture made of ebony with a volume of 81 cm3 and a mass of 96 g