Density

Density
• Density is the Density = Mass
relationship between Volume
an object’s mass and
its volume.
• Weight is the heaviness
• Mass is the amount of or mass of an object.
‘stuff’ in an object.
• Displacement is the
• Volume is the amount change in water level
of space that object caused by immersion of
occupies. an object.
 Temp and Pressure
• The factors that have the
greatest effect on density
are Pressure and
temperature.
• As pressure increases, so
does density. It’s a direct
relationship.
• As temp increases, density
decreases. It’s an inverse
relationship.
• Increasing pressure generally
causes an increase in density
by decreasing the volume.
• Increasing temperature causes a decrease in
density because heating objects generally causes
them to expand, increasing the volume.
• Size and shape have
NO EFFECT on
density!
• The same object will
always have the same
density – as long as
the pressure and
temperature are the
same.
 Matter
• Matter comes in three states:
1. Solid ~ Most dense
2. Liquid ~ Moderate density
3. Gas ~ Low density
• Generally speaking, the highest density is
usually in the solid state, except for water.
Water is most dense in its liquid state.
 Liquid Density
• Liquids have unique
densities depending on what
they are. For example:
• Water = 1 g/cm3 Oil

• Glycerine = ~ 1.25 g/cm3

(Greater than water) Water

• Vegetable oil = ~ 0.91g/cm3 Glycerine

(less than water)
 So. . .
• Pressure and temperature are the two factors
that have the greatest affect on density.
• Mass and volume are the variables we
measure to calculate density.
• Size and shape have no affect on density.
• Objects that are the same substance always
have the same density, regardless of size
and shape.
 Therefore . . .
• Density is a ratio between mass and
volume. Mass is the amount of ‘stuff’ in an
object and volume is how much space that
object occupies.
• As pressure increases, so does density. (A
direct relationship).
• Inversely, as temperature increases, density
decreases because of increasing volume.
(An inverse or indirect relationship).