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Measuring the volume of liquids, powders or granules.
The amount of a liquid that is displaced by a solid = the volume of that solid. You could half fill a graduated cylinder. Drop something that sinks into the graduated cylinder to test its volume.
It could sink. (The metal's density is greater than water.) It could turn into a ball of flames. (If you dropped a chunk of sodium into graduated cylinder, it would react with flames or sparks.)
If you know the density of the liquid, scales could be used to determine the mass and then plugged into the equation:- volume = mass/density A measuring cylinder could also be used. Stuck on the third one though...I guess you could use a burette, but generally they're only used for titrations.
It really depends on how much you are measuring. Like over 100ml and I'd stick to a large graduated cylinder. Under 1 ml (possibly up to 5ml even) and you could keep adjusting a micropipette until all the sample is just taken up for an estimate. 5-100, you could use a graduated cylinder for an estimate and calibrate the graduated cylinder against a burette
Measuring the volume of liquids, powders or granules.
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The amount of a liquid that is displaced by a solid = the volume of that solid. You could half fill a graduated cylinder. Drop something that sinks into the graduated cylinder to test its volume.
The instrument you would use could be a beaker or a graduated cylinder.
If you know the density of the liquid, you could just weigh the material.
It could sink. (The metal's density is greater than water.) It could turn into a ball of flames. (If you dropped a chunk of sodium into graduated cylinder, it would react with flames or sparks.)
If you know the density of the liquid, scales could be used to determine the mass and then plugged into the equation:- volume = mass/density A measuring cylinder could also be used. Stuck on the third one though...I guess you could use a burette, but generally they're only used for titrations.
It really depends on how much you are measuring. Like over 100ml and I'd stick to a large graduated cylinder. Under 1 ml (possibly up to 5ml even) and you could keep adjusting a micropipette until all the sample is just taken up for an estimate. 5-100, you could use a graduated cylinder for an estimate and calibrate the graduated cylinder against a burette
Use a graduated cylinder to precisely measure volume
Technically, for a liquid, one could use Erlenmeyer flasks or beakers to measure volume; however, it will not be as accurate as a graduated cylinder. A buret can also be used to measure the volume of a liquid if more accurate results are needed.
To measure a volume of liquid, laboratory instruments known as glassware are used. The commonly used glassware are burettes, pipettes, volumetric flasks and graduated cylinders.
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