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, covering 14.1.1 Kinetic theory and states of matter, 14.1.2 Density, and 14.1.3 Density and changes of state. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.