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Group 5 performed an experiment to determine the specific gravities of solids and liquids. They measured the specific gravity of copper sulfate as a solid sample and sprite as a liquid sample. They used a pycnometer to determine the mass of the solid and displaced liquid to calculate the specific gravity. They also used a Baume hydrometer, Mohr-Westphal balance, and leach pycnometer to measure the specific gravity of sprite, and found the results from the different methods were closely related.

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Group 5 performed an experiment to determine the specific gravities of solids and liquids. They measured the specific gravity of copper sulfate as a solid sample and sprite as a liquid sample. They used a pycnometer to determine the mass of the solid and displaced liquid to calculate the specific gravity. They also used a Baume hydrometer, Mohr-Westphal balance, and leach pycnometer to measure the specific gravity of sprite, and found the results from the different methods were closely related.

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Date performed: January 10, 2011

Date Submitted: January 24, 2011


Members:

Managuelod, Kevin
Marcelo, Matthew
Mariano, Lyka
Mitra, Ross Angelica
Napa, Rhodanne
Orbigo, Florian

Group #5
Expt. 3 (Specific Gravity of Solids and Liquids)

Specific Gravity is the ratio of the density of the object and the density of water, having the
same volume. In the first part of the experiment we tried to find out the specific gravity of our
solid sample , copper sulfate. Copper sulfate is a pentahydrate (CuSO 4·5H2O), it is the most
commonly encountered salt, it is bright blue in color. Our sample liquid is sprite so we cannot
use it with copper sulfate because it is soluble so we use glycerin as the substitute. In finding
the mass we measure them in a triple beam balance and record the mass in grams with two
decimal places. First we find the mass of the empty pycnometer we see to it that it is dry before
weighing it. Second, we find the mass of the pycnometer and the standard liquid. Third, we find
the mass of the pycnometer and the solid sample. Fourth, we find the mass of the pycnometer,
solid sample and the standard liquid. Lastly we find the relative density of the solid sample by
dividing the mass of the solid by the mass of the displaced liquid. For the mass of the solid we
subtract the mass of the empty pycnometer to the mass of the pycnometer and solid sample.
For the mass of the displaced liquid we add the mass of the pycnometer and solid sample to the
Difference of the mass of the pycnometer, solid sample, and standard liquid subtracted from the
mass of the empty pycnometer subtracted from the mass of the pycnometer and the standard
liquid.

For the specific gravity of liquid we used sprite as our sample. First we measure it using
Baume hydrometer we record it with 3 decimal places. Then we used the Mohr- Westphal
Balance first the plummet is completely immersed in the sprite and the system is rebalanced,
using a series of riders on the nine equally paced notches on the beam, thus giving the value of
the added mass for each decimal place. This gives the buoyant force of the liquid relative to
water, and hence the specific gravity, which may be obtained to one or two decimal places.
Then we used the leach pycnometer. First we find the mass of the empty pycnometer , second
we find the mass of pycnometer and water, Third we find the mass of the pcynometer and liquid
sample. Fourth, we find the mass of of water by subtracting the mass of the empty pcynometer
from the mass of pycnometer and water. Fifth we find the mass of the liquid sample by
subtracting the mass of the empty pcynometer to the mass of the pcynometer and liquid
sample. Then finally we find the specific gravity of the liquid sample. In the end the results
obtain in finding the specific gravity of liquid using Baume hydrometer, Mohr-Westphal Balance
and leach pycnometer is closely related to each other.
Guide Questions:

1. Differentiate specific gravity and Density?


2. If 54.96 mL of oil weighs 52.78g what is its specific gravity?
3. A pcynometer weigh 50.00 g when filled with water 100.0g. When filled with oil it
weighs
94.00 g. Determine the specific gravity of oil.
4. An insoluble powder weighs 12.00 g. A pcynometer, weighing 21.00 g when
empty, weighs 121.00 g when filled with water. When the powder is introduced
the 3 weigh 130.00 g. What is the specific gravity of the powder.

Answers:
1. Density is defined as mass per unit volume; it has the SI unit kg·m -3 and is an
absolute quantity. Specific gravity is the ratio of a material's density with that of
water at 4 °C (where it is most dense and is taken to have the value (*) 999.974
kg·m-3) and is therefore a relative quantity with no units.
2. Spgr= mass liq./ mass water
52.78g/54.96mL
0.9603
3. Pcynometer mass= 50.00 g
Pcynometer + water= 100.00 g
Pcynometer + oil= 94.00 g
Spgr= 94.00g-50.00g/100.00-50.00g
44.00g-50.00g
0.8800
4. Powder mass= 12.00 g
Pcynometer empty= 21.00 g
Pcynometer + water= 121.00 g
Pcynometer + water + powder= 130.00 g
Spgr powder= 130.00g-121.00g/121.00g-21.00g
0.09

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