EXPERIMENT 1

Measurements
REPORTFORM Name _______Dang Nguyen________

Instructor __Ambrose Okpokpo____

Date ______4/12/2021_______

A. Mass Measurement

Mass of a penny ____2.5____ g _____2500____ mg

Mass of a nickel ____5____ g ____5000_____ mg

Mass of a quarter ____5.67____ g _____5670____ mg

B. Volume Measurements
I. Volume of water in graduated cylinder (on the teacher’s desk) ____10_____ mL

II. Volume of 20 drops water _____1.00____ mL

III. Volume of water delivered by pipet in graduated cylinder _____0.9995____ mL

IV. Dimensions: L = ____1______ cm W = ____1______ cm H = _____1_____ cm

Volume = ______1____ cm3 (show your calculation)

V. Volume of solid by water displacement method: Type of solid: wooden block, volume of
wooden block is equal to volume of H2O
displaced in mL
C. Temperature Measurements
I. Temperature of tap water ____20_____ °C _____68____ °F
(show calculation for conversion of °C to °F)

II. Temperature of tap water + ice _____10____ °C _____50____ °F

III. Temperature of boiling water _____36.11____ °C _____97____ °F

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D. Density Measurements
Solid, Method I Type of Solid: __________I_____________

Mass of solid _____2.2_____ g

Initial volume of water (V1) _____10_____ mL

Final volume of water (V2) ______13.5____ mL

Volume of solid (V2 - V1) _____3.5_____ mL

Density of solid (show your calculation) _____0.63_____ g / mL

Solid, Method II Type of Solid: Wood Block

Mass of wooden block used in Part A: ____2.2_____ g

Dimensions of solid: L = ____2_____ cm W = _____4____ cm H = ___3___ cm

Volume of solid (show your calculation) V = ____24_____ cm3

D = _____0.092____ g / cm3

Density of solid (show your calculation)

Liquid
Mass of empty 50-mL flask _____20_____ g _____20_____ g

Mass of flask + 10.0 mL alcohol _____20.7_____ g _____20.45_____ g

Mass of alcohol ____0.7______ g _____0.45_____ g

Density of alcohol ____0.07_____ g / mL_____0.045_____ g / mL

(show your calculations)

Average density of alcohol (show your calculation) ___0.0575___ g / mL

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Pre-Laboratory Questions and Exercises
Due before lab begins. Answer in the space provided.

1. Define the following important terms pertaining to measurements:

a) Accuracy: Accuracy means the closeness of the measured values to the actual value (or

true value or specific value).

b) Precision: Precision means the closeness of the measured values towards each other.

2. A 24.20 g sample of a metal displaces 1.26 mL of water. Calculate the density of the

metal.

We know that 1 mL = 1 cm^3, so 1.26 mL = 1.26 cm^3.

We know that the sample of metal weighs 24.20 g, so the density is:

24.20/1.26 = 19.20 g/cm^3.

3. A perfect cube of aluminum metal was found to weigh 20.00 g. The density of aluminum

is 2.70 g/mL. What are the dimensions of the cube?

we know that

Density = Mass/volume

volume = mass/Density

volume of aluminum cube is 20 g / 2.7g/ml =7.41 ml = 7.41e-6 m3.

dimension of cube = 0.0195 m = 1.95 cm

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 4. What is the Celsius equivalent of –40 °F?

°F = (°C * 9/5) + 32 => -40°F = -40°C

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Post-Laboratory Questions and Exercises

Due after completing the lab. Answer in the space provided.

1. How do you distinguish between mass and weight of material?

Mass Weight

Mass m of a body is the amount of matter The weight w of an object is the force by
contained in it. which it is pulled by earth towards its center.

The value of mass is independent of gravity. The value of weight varies as gravitational
force varies.

The unit of mass is kg. The unit of weight is Newton (N), which is the
force with which the earth attracts.

2. Calculate the density of a rectangular solid, which has a mass of 25.71 g. It is 2.30 cm long,

4.01 cm wide, and 1.82 cm high.

Volume = 2.30*4.01*1.83 = 16.9cm3

Density (d) = mass / volume = 25.71 / 16.9 = 1.53 g/cm3

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3. What is the difference between specific gravity and density? What is the specific gravity of
alcohol having a density of 0.79 g/mL? (Hint: You may need to Google “specific gravity.”)

Specific gravity is the ratio of density of substance to the density of the given reference material. Relative
density is the ratio of density of substance with that of water.

specific gravity = density of alcohol / density of water = 0.079 / 1 = 0.079

4. If 15 drops of ethanol from a medicine dropper weigh 0.60 grams, how many drops does it take
from a dropper to dispense 1.0 mL of ethanol? The density of ethanol is 0.80 g/mL.

Weight of 15 drops of ethanol = 0.60g => Weight of 1 drops of ethanol = 0.60 / 15 = 0.04g

Given density of ethanol = 0.80g/mL

Weight of 1.0mL ethanol = 1*0.80 = 0.80g

Therefore, number of drops does the medicine droppers take to dispense 1.0mL of ethanol

= 0.80 / 0.04 = 20 drops

5. Using appropriate table in Handbook of chemistry and physics, report the density of each of the
following substances.

a) gold metal = 19.32g/cm3

b) methyl alcohol (methanol) = 0.79g/cm3

c) zinc chloride = 2.907g/cm3

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