FIGURE 1.8 Density of common substances. Casi Solids Gas in ‘atm, Fiber Wood Al Lead weaumn ar Cotton kee Woo! Rock Ag Au Liquids Propane Water Hg L 1. aL L L L 10? 107 10° 10! 10? 10° 10° Density [kgfm"} Somes A 1-m} container, shown in Fig, 1.9, is filled with 0.12 m? of granite, 0.15 m? of sand, and 0.2 m? of liquid 25 C water; the rest of the volume, 0.53 m”, is air with a density of 1.15 kg/m’. Find the overall (average) specific volume and density. Solution From the definition of specific volume and density we have ve V/m We need to find the total mass, taking density from Tables A.3 and A.4: and p=m/V =1/v Myrsvite = PV granite = 2750 kg/m? x 0.12 m? = 330 kg. Mand = Psand Vand = 1500 kg/m? x 0.15 m> = 225 kg tater = Pwater Pores = 997 kg/m? x 0.2m! = 199.4 kg tai = Pac Voir = VAS kg/m? x 0,53 m* = 0.61 kg. FIGURE 1.9. Sketch for Example 1.2. Now the total mass becomes Mot = M granite + Mand + Myer + Mair = 755 ke