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The density of the teaspoon has to do with its material, that is usually unknown. In physics the density (ρ) of a body is the ratio of its mass (m) to its volume (V), a measure of how tightly the matter within it is packed together. Its SI units are kilograms per cubic metre (kg/m³). It is also sometimes given in the cgs units of grams per cubic centimetre (g/cm³). You may wish to find the density in order to identify the unknown material. Here's the classroom experiment: Mass is so closely related to weight (as long as you remain on Earth) that you can use the weight as mass. It would be near impossible to mathematically measure and calculate the volume of a spoon, but you can find it by submerging it in a measured container of water and measuring the amount of water displaced (the surface area times the change in depth). Divide the weight by the volume and you have the density. The numbers will be small, so taking the measurements in grams and cubic centimeters would probably give results with a manageable number of decimal places.

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