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A balance is used to measure the mass of an irregularly shaped solid.
Use a balance, assuming this object is relatively small. If you wanted to measure the mass of the earth or moon, the procedure is somewhat different.
submerge in liquid and measure the displacement
To measure the mass on an irregular object, you can use Water Displacement.Water displacement is a way of measuring mass. Materials needed for this are:A graduated cylinderWaterVariable (Irregular Object).Fill the graduated cylinder with a certain amount of water. Memorize it.Put the irregular object into the graduated cylinder. Find the mass by subtracting the first amount of water from the second. That's your mass.Hope this helps, and sorry if you didn't need all this information!
Measure the volume of the object which is same as the volume of the displaced liquid in which that sinks. And measure the mass of the same object from a weighing machine. then use density = mass/volume
You can dip the irregular solid in a water or other suitable liquid. This is how, you can measure the volume of the solid. The mass can be measured by weighing scale. Mass/volume = density. It is easy to measure the mass and volume of the liquid. First measure the mass the container. Then add the liquid to it. You will get the mass of the liquid. Then measure the volume of the liquid. Use the above formula to calculate the density of the liquid.
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Newton meter (N).
So that the irregular solid isn't wet when you place it on the balance, since that would make it appear to have a greater mass than it actually does.
You cannot measure the mass of a solid with a graduated cylinder.
A balance is used to measure the mass of an irregularly shaped solid.
A balanced scale, which compares the mass of one object with that of another.
You can measure mass of a regular solid using a top-pan balance.
Use a balance, assuming this object is relatively small. If you wanted to measure the mass of the earth or moon, the procedure is somewhat different.
Measure the mass of the beaker including the powdered solid. Then empty the beaker, make sure ALL traces of the powder have been removed and measure the mass of the empty beaker. The difference between the two measure is the measure of the powdered solid.
Mass is the measure of the amount of matter in an object. A solid object has to be made up of something to be solid, therefore it has mass.
submerge in liquid and measure the displacement