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To determine the density, you need to know the volume of a known mass of substance. To find the mass, just weigh out a sample. To determine the volume of a sample, a common method is to put some liquid in a graduated cylinder and record the volume. Then add the weighed sample (in this case MgNO3), and then record the new volume. Subtract the original volume from the new one, and the difference is the volume of the solid. To do this, accurately, the solid must be completely insoluble in the liquid. And so the liquid should not really be a solvent at all! For an ionic compound MgNO3, using a non-polar organic solvent (such as hexane) should ensure essentially zero solubility.

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