What is the likely identity of a metal if a simple has a mass of 63.5 g when measured in air and an apparent mass of 56.4 g when submerged in water?

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2021-02-04

If a simple has a mass of 63.5 g when weighed in the air and an apparent mass of 56.4 g when submerged in water, what is the most likely identity of the metal?

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Arham Warner

Arham Warner

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The mass of the water displaced by Archimedes Principle is 63.5gāˆ’56.4g=7.1g
Since water has a density of 1 gmcm3 V=7.1g/1/gm/cm3=7.1cm3
Consequently, the object's density = MV=63.5 g7.1 cm3=8.94gcm3
Since the density of copper is about 8.9g{cm3} the object is probably copper

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