Measuring the Volume of a Liquid

flat-bottomed flask
measuring cylinder burette pipette (measuring flask)
measuring a volume of measure fixed volume contain chemicals
liquid to an accurancy measure up to 0.1 ml of liquid: 25ml, 50ml, (no heating is required)
of 1ml accuracy 250ml and 500ml
round-bottomed flask conical flask
(measuring flask)
contain chemicals contain chemiclas of
(heating is required) collect liquids
*** 1cm = 1 ml
*** 1000 ml = 1 l
(to measure the length of a curved line)
used to measure short lengths eg. Thickness of
paper, diameter of wire,thickness of hair
accuracy up to 0.001 cm (3 decimal places)
External callipers Internal callipers
( to measure external diameters ) ( to measure internal diameters )
Vernier callipers Micrometer screw gauge
map measurer or opisometer
used to measure small distances or short objects
(can measure internal & external diameters)
accuracy up to 0.01 cm (2 decimal places)
Measuring the volume of an Irregular Solid
Water displacement method
An eureka can is used to determine the
Measuring the volume of a stone volume of an irregular solid which is too
big to be but into a measuring cylinder

the volume of a solid which floats on water
can be determined by using a heavy weight
(sinker) to sink the solid in water
THE CONCEPT OF MASS
Balances for measuring weight

newton spring balance compression spring balance
Balances for measuring mass


lever balance triple beam balance
butchart balance electronic balance
Symbol Meaning Examples
Hydrogen peroxide
concentrated hyrochloric acid
Corrosive sodium hydroxide
concentrated alkali
Mercury
lead
Toxic/ Poisonous sodium cyanide
hydrogen sulphide
cyanide
bromine
Uranium
thorium
Radioactive radium
plutonium
Sodium
potassium
Explosive hydrogen
mixture of oxygen and hydrogen
Ammonia
chlorine
Harmful or Irritant chloroform
bromine
sulphur dioxide
bromine vapour
White phosphorus
Flammable yellow phosphorus
petrol
kerosene
ethanol
Alcohol