disadvantages
the object being imersed in the water may react with water or even dissolve slightly therefore reducing the accuracy of the results. the string used to lower the object into the water may also suck some of the water into it. the object may be too light and float on the water.
advantages
the method is quick and easy if the correct liquid is used with the right object
Water displacement can accurately find the volume of substances as it represents the same amount of space or volume. An object placed into the water will displace the same amount of water volume as its own volume.
Water displacement is used to measure the volumn of an irregular shaped object. If a bowling ball was immersed in water, you could use the difference in the before and after water amount to give you the mass of the object inserted.
You can find the volume of a small rock in no time at all. Just fill up a container that is marked by volume with water and record the volume. Then drop the small rock inside the container. Record the new volume. Find the difference between the new and old volumes. This is the volume of the small rock. You could do this in any liquid.
To measure shortening using the water displacement method, fill a measuring cup with a known amount of water. Add shortening into the water until the water level rises to the desired amount, then carefully remove the shortening and measure its volume. The difference between the initial water level and the final water level in the measuring cup represents the volume of shortening.
Volume. The displacement method refers to immersing in a liquid. If the liquid is in a container with volume measurement marks, then the object's volume is the difference in the liquid's volume, measured before and after immersion. There's a legend that the discovery of the displacement method was made by Archimedes when entering a bathtub full of water, which overflowed. This is postulated as the source of the exclamation "Eureka!" ("I have found it").
To make a displacement can, you can use a can or container that is transparent or semi-transparent. Fill the can with water, and slowly submerge an object in the water. The difference in water level before and after submerging the object will show the displacement volume, which is equal to the volume of the object.
A procedure with water displacement is a method used to measure the volume of an irregularly shaped object by placing it in a known volume of water and measuring the change in water level before and after the object is added. The difference in water level corresponds to the volume of the object.
To find the volume of an irregularly shaped object that would dissolve in water, you can use the water displacement method. Fill a known volume of water in a container, note the initial water level, then submerge the object in the water and measure the new water level. The difference in water levels is the volume of the object.
A beaker is used to measure volume using water displacement.
Water displacement works by calculating the volume of water displaced by submerging an object. This volume corresponds to the volume of the object that was submerged.
Unless you have experience with calculus, your best bet is to do water displacement: Put the object in a known amount of water and record the change and calculate the difference or liquid displacement
by submerging it into a glass of water that has measurement lines and taking the difference between the original amount of water and the water with the object in it.You would use water displacement to find the volume of an irregular object.
The volume of an object can be determined by the displacement of water. By dropping the object into a measuring container of water, where the volume of the water is known, the object's volume can then be calculated by subtracting the volume of the water by the volume of the water and object combined.
You fill up water ina beaker, measure the volume of the water as it originally was, then drop in an irregulary-shaped object, measure that volume, and subtrect the two. The difference is the volume of the object.
Place a rock in a container, add water, and record the volume.Pour an unknown amount of water into a glass container, add the rock, and note the water level; the unknown amount of water plus the weight of the rock is the volume of the rock.Pour a known amount of water into a glass container, add the rock, and note the new water level; the difference in water levels is the volume of the rock.Water displacement will not work.
Finding the volume of an irregular object is called displacement method or water displacement method, where the object is submerged in water in a container and the volume of water displaced is measured to determine the volume of the object.
yes you can you fill the water into the container and measure the amount of water then you place the uranium in the water and measure again. the difference between the two measurements is the volume of the uranium