Bill Jones thinks that he has discovered a silver mine. A 54.37 gram sample of shiny metal is added to a graduated cylinder containing water, and the water level rises from 35.7 mL to 52.4 mL. Calculate the density of the metal. Determine whether or not Bill has real silver.

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Juliette Brennan

Chemistry

6 January, 23:47

Bill Jones thinks that he has discovered a silver mine. A 54.37 gram sample of shiny metal is added to a graduated cylinder containing water, and the water level rises from 35.7 mL to 52.4 mL. Calculate the density of the metal. Determine whether or not Bill has real silver.

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Payne · Answer 1

The density of metal is 1.52 g/mL

The has not found silver metal.

Explanation:

Density:

we know that density of an object can be measured by dividing its mass to its volume.

Symbol:

The symbol used for density is called rho. It is represented by ρ. However letter D can also be used to represent the density.

Units:

SI unit of density is Kg/m3.

Other units are given below,

g/cm3, g/mL, kg/L

Formula:

D=m/v

D = density

m = mass

V = volume

Given dа ta:

volume = 35.7 mL

mass = 54.37 g

density=?

Now we will put the values in the formula,

d=m/v

d = 54.37 g / 35.7 mL

d = 1.52 g/mL

so the density of metal is 1.52 g/mL or 1.52 g/cm3 and it is not silver because from literature the density of silver is 10.49 g / cm3