A student wanted to determine the density of an irregularly shaped metal specimen.
Describe how the student could measure the volume of this irregular metal specimen.
The volume of the metal specimen was measured as 16.0 cm316.0\text{ cm}^316.0 cm3.
The student measured the mass of the metal specimen as 113.6 g113.6\text{ g}113.6 g.
Calculate the density of the metal specimen in g/cm3\text{g/cm}^3g/cm3.
Use the equation: density=massvolume\text{density} = \frac{\text{mass}}{\text{volume}}density=volumemass
Figure 1 shows the densities of different types of metals.
Based on your calculated density, what is the most likely metal that the student had? Select one option:
- Aluminum
- Titanium
- Zinc
- Steel
- Copper
Give one source of error that may have occurred when the student measured the volume of the metal specimen.
How would the error you described in Part 4 affect the measured volume of the specimen?