AN ALTERNATE METHOD TO DETERMINE DENSITY OF SOLIDS ACCORDING TO ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE

Authors

  • Shabana Waseem Chemical Process and Materials Development Group, Applied Chemistry Laboratories, P.O. Box 1764, Islamabad, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.71330/thenucleus.2011.861

Abstract

To measure density of a solid object, according to Archimedes’ principle, hanging pan balance or toploading balance with density measurement kit are used. In the conventional method, weight of water displaced is calculated in terms of weight of the object hanged in water. We report a new and easier method to determine the density of a solid object based on same principle by using a toploading balance, but without any density measurement kit. In the new approach, weight of water displaced is measured directly on the balance. The proposed method is simpler, quicker and accurate.

References

Cole Parmer density measurement kit, Cole

Parmer catalogue 2003-2004.

Down-loaded on May 2004, from internet:

Density-1-2004, Laboratory 2, Archimedes

Measurement of Density, MSE 311,

Department of Material Science and

Engineering, Fall-2003.

“Analytical Methods in Fine Particle

Technologyâ€, by Paul A. Webb and Clyde

Orr, Micromeritics Instrument Corporation,

Norcross, GA USA (1997) p.194.

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Published

07-02-2011

How to Cite

[1]
S. Waseem, “AN ALTERNATE METHOD TO DETERMINE DENSITY OF SOLIDS ACCORDING TO ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE”, The Nucleus, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 31–34, Feb. 2011.

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 1 (2011)

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