Experiment #1 Density of Liquids and Solids Brittany Garcia CHEM 205 Wednesday

Data and/or Observations: *See Data Table attached Calculations: Examples A 10.0 mL sample of water is pipette into a flask. The mass of water is found from weighing by difference. If the mass is 10.141 g, calculate the density of water. 10.141 g/10.0 mL= 1.014 g/mL A rectangular sheet of tin foil has a mass of 0.571 g and measures 5.10 cm by 10.25 cm. Given the density of tin, 7.28 g/cm^3, calculate the thickness of the foil. 0.571 g x 1 cm^3/7.28 g= 0.0784 cm^3 0.0784 cm^3/(5.10 cm x 10.25 cm)= 0.00150 cm (1.50 x 10^-3 cm) *See Data Table attached for exact experiment calculations Results: The first fact that was obvious was that when more dense materials were compared to less dense materials, the more dense materials remained at the bottom while the less dense materials floated above. Another evident concept was when density calculations were used, as long as two of the three variables (density, mass, volume) were given, it was possible to solve for the third variable by using some variation of the equation for density (D=M/V). Discussion and Conclusion: In the experiment where the density of water was calculated, the average density of water that was determined from both trials was 0.990 g/mL. These results are very accurate because the density of water is defined as 1.00 g/mL. In the experiment in which the density of the unknown liquid was calculated, the average density for both trials was 0.9720 g/mL. This density suggested that the unknown could be water as well or a liquid similar to water. Though these results appear conclusive, there are numerous factors that may have affected the results. This includes residue left in the flask, temperature, residue left on the scales, inability to identically replicate each trial. However, the magnitude of these possible errors does not appear to threaten the results. Questions: *See Post Laboratory Questions attached