TUTORIAL – Lab: Experiment 3 Practice Question

Question: For a material to float on the surface of water, the material must have a density less than that of water (1.0 g/mL) and must not react with the water or dissolve in it. A spherical ball has a radius of 0.5000 cm and weighs 2.00 g. Will the ball float or sink when placed in water? (Volume of a sphere = 4/3 π r3)

 
 
 
 
 

Answer:
Volume of a sphere = 4/3 п (0.5000)3 = 0.523598775 cm3
[Keep all the digits at this point because this is an intermediate step.]

Density of the ball = 2 g / 0.523598775 cm3
= 3.82 g / cm3

Density of the ball is greater than the density of water. The ball will sink when placed in the water.

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