Experiment 5

Relative Density
 Relative Density
• It is the ratio of the density of a substance
to the density of standard substance.
 Specific Gravity
• It is the ratio of the density of substance to
the density of H2O.

If water is considered as a standard substance:

SG = RD
Mass Density

DEFINITION OF MASS DENSITY

The mass density of a substance is the

mass of a substance divided by its volume:

m

V
SI Unit of Mass Density: kg/m3
 Density
• SI unit: Kg/m3
– ρH2O= 1000 Kg/m3
– ρH2O= 1 g/cm3

Note:
RD of a substance is numerically equal to it’s
density when express in g/cm3
Ex.) RD = 2.75
ρ = 2.75 g/cm3
Archimedes’ Principle

ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE

When an object is partially or fully immersed in a fluid, the

fluid will exert an upward force that is equal to the weight of
displaced fluid. The force exerted by the fluid is known as
bouyant force.

FB  Wfluid
 
Magnitudeof Weight of
buoyantforce displacedfluid
Relative Density

Activity 1 Displacement Method for Alloy

Mass of the substance (g)

Initial level of water (cc)

Final level of water (cc)

rZinc = 7.14 g / cc
Volume of the substance (cc) rCu = 8.93 g / cc
Experimental density of the
substance (g/cc)
Standard density of the substance
(g/cc)
% error
 Activity 1

Note:
1mL = 1cm3
Relative Density

Activity 2 Density of a Bone

Osteoporosis Osteopenia Normal Osteopetrosis

less than 2.5 SD 1.0 to 2.5 SD 1.8 g/cc, Within 1 SD (10%) higher than 1 SD

Derive:
Weight of the bone in air (g)
WA
Weight of the bone in water (g)
R.D. 
Relative density of the bone (g/cc) WA  WW
Density of the bone (g/cc)

Finding  Bone  R.D.   water

Osteoporosis
ρ < 1.35g/cm3
Osteopenia
1.35g/cm3 ≤ ρ ≤ 1.62g/cm3
Normal
1.62g/cm3 < ρ ≤ 1.98g/cm3
Osteopetrosis
1.98g/cm3 < ρ
Relative Density

Activity 3 Regular versus Diet Soft Drinks

Weight of the empty pycnometer (g)
Weight of pycnometer filled with water (g)

Weight of pycnometer filled regular soft drink (g)

Weight of pycnometer filled diet soft drink (g)

Relative density of regular soft drink

Density of regular soft drink (g/cc)
Relative density of diet soft drink
Density of regular diet soft drink (g/cc)

WD  WP WR  WP
R.D.D  R.D.R 
WW  WP WW  WP

 D  R.D.D  water  R  R.D.R  water