DensityLab

KatherineYeackerandKimberlyKozloff
StemChemistry3rdhour
10/3/14

Problem
Studentshavethreeunknownmetalsandmustfindthemeasurementsofthesemetalsinordertoclassify
thetypesofmetals.Studentsmustfindmass,volume,density,percenterror,anderrorofthemetals.

Hypothesis
Wepredictedthatmetal1wouldbealuminum,metal2wouldbesteelandmetal3wouldbeiron.

MaterialList
3Samplesformetalnumber1
3samplesformetalnumber2
3samplesformetalnumber3
Graduatedcylinder
Water
Scale(grams)
Calculator
Writingutensilandpaper

Procedure
1. Obtainallmaterialslistedinthematerialslist.
2. Prepareyourlabspace.
3. Fillthegraduatedcylinderwithenoughwatersothatthesamplewillbefullysubmerged.
4. Recordtheinitialvolume.
5. Putthefirstsampleintothegraduatedcylinderofwater.
6. Measurethenewvolumeandrecordthedata.
7. Calculatethemetalsvolumebysubtractingtheinitialvolumeofthewaterfromthemeasured
finalvolumeofthewaterthathadthemetalsubmergedwithin.
8. Recordyourdata.
9. Placethefirstsampleonthescale.
10. Recordthemassingrams.
11. Findthedensityofthemetalbyusingthedensityformula,Density=mass volume,by
substitutingvariables.
12. Repeatsteps111fortheremainingsamples.

Results

Sample#Metal1

Sample#Metal2

Sample#Metal3

Initialvolume(mL)

1.) 60.0mL
2.) 60.0mL
3.) 60.0mL

1.) 70.0mL
2.) 70.0mL
3.) 70.0mL

1.) 60.0mL
2.) 60.0mL
3.) 60.0mL

Finalvolume(mL)

1.) 77.0mL
2.) 81.0mL
3.) 72.5mL

1.) 75.0mL
2.) 76.0mL
3.) 73.0mL

1.) 70.1mL
2.) 71.0mL
3.) 70.0mL

Metalvolume(mL)

1.) 17.0mL
2.) 20.0mL
3.) 12.5mL

1.) 5.0mL
2.) 6.0mL
3.) 3.0mL

1.) 10.1mL
2.) 11.0mL
3.) 10.0mL

Mass(g)

1.) 44.7g
2.) 53.4g
3.) 33.0g

1.) 37.2g
2.) 43.8g
3.) 23.1g

1.) 120.4g
2.) 120.1g
3.) 108.5g

Density(g/mL)

1.) 2.63g/mL
2.) 2.67g/mL
3.) 2.64g/mL

1.) 7.4g/mL
2.) 7.3g/mL
3.) 7.7g/mL

1.) 11.9g/mL
2.) 10.9g/mL
3.) 10.9g/mL

ActualDensity(g/mL) 2.65g/mL

7.5g/mL

11.2g/mL

Accepteddensity(g/
mL)

7.31g/mL

11.35g/mL

2.70g/mL

Error(g/mL)

1.) .0700g/mL
2.) .0300g/mL
3.) .0600g/mL

1.) .090g/mL
2.) .010g/mL
3.) .39g/mL

1.) .550g/mL
2.) .450g/mL
3.) .450g/mL

Percenterror(%)

1.) 2.59%
2.) 1.11%
3.) 2.22%

1.) 1.2%
2.) .14%
3.) 5.3%

1.) 4.85%
2.) 3.96%
3.) 3.96%

Metalclassification

GraphAnalysis

Aluminum

Tin

Lead

Thegraphisabletoshowwhatthedensityofallthemetalsare.Theslopecanbefoundintheequation
adjacenttoeachline.Inadditionthegraphshowstherelationshipthatcorrelatesbetweenthemassand
volumeofeachsample.Thedensitygraphshowsthedifferencesbetweenthesamplesregardingthe
massandvolume.

Conclusion
Inconclusion,partofourhypothesiswascorrectandpartwasincorrect.Metal1wasindeedaluminum,
althoughmetal2andthreewerenotwhatwehadpredicted.Metal2wasTinbutwehadwrongly
predictedsteel.Metal3wasLeadandwehadwronglypredictediron.Possibleerrorsinthislabmay
includeerrorsinreadingthevolumes,errorsincalculations,orerrorsindocumentationandorganization
ofmeasurements.