An aerospace technician needs to determine the volume of an irregularly shaped component made of a specialized polymethylpentene (PMP) polymer.
The density of this PMP polymer is 0.83 g/cm3.
The density of pure water is 1.00 g/cm3.
Explain why a standard water displacement method cannot be used directly to measure the volume of this polymer component.
55 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 14.1 Density and states of matter. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.