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How could you find the volume of a small rock using a graduated cylinder and water?
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∙ 15y ago
Fill the cylinder about half way with water and measure the amount. Then drop the rock in and measure the amount of water. Now subtract no rock from rock in and that will give you the amount of volume displaced from the rock.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoFill the cylinder with water to a height greater than that of the rock and record the reading off the graduations= V0 units. Insert the rock into the cylinder and then read the graduation again = V1 units. The volume of the rock is (V1 - V0) units.
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What measuring devices can you use to find small liquid volume?
A graduated cylinder!
Will a graduated cylinder marked off in large increments or graduated cylinder marked off in small increments measure a liquids volume with the greatest precision?
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Which instrument could be used to determine the volume of an irregulary shaped soild?
A graduated cylinder may be used for small objects that are insoluble in a selected liquid. But that method would not work for determining the volume of a sugar cube (soluble in water) or a motor car (won't fit in a graduated cylinder!).
What piece of lab equipment should be used to find the volume of a small stone?
A graduated cylinder
How could you find the volume of a small rock using only a graduated cylinder and rock?
Note the level of water in the graduated cylinder. Place the rock into the water carefully. Note the higher level to which the water rises. The difference between the old level and the new level is the volume displaced by the rock.
What is volume by displacement?
Volume displacement is the method used to find the volume of small or irregularly shaped objects by noting the difference in the level of liquid before and after after immersing an object into a graduated cylinder or beaker of liquid. For a small object immersed in a graduated cylinder or beaker, the volume displaced by the object can be read directly from the scale on the container.
How can you calculate the volume of an irregularly shaped object?
If the object in question is water proof, and small enough. You can measure the amount of displaced water when it is placed in a tank full of water, this may not work for a lot of things but it can help when attempting to measure some objects.
What instrument measures milliliters?
A small graduated cylinder or beaker.graduated cylinderA measuring cylinder, a volumetric flask, a pipette, a burette. In the kitchen a measuring jug.The volume of a liquid can be measured by a graduated cylinder.To measure most liquids in mL you can use a graduated cylinder
What science tools would use to measure volume?
Graduated cylinder for liquids and small solids and a gas would have the volume of the container it's in
What two items are best to use to determine the combined volume of three small rocks?
graduated cylinder and water
How can you accurately find the volume of a can of Coke?
Put it in a graduated cylinder. a) Find a graduated cylinder big enough to hold a can of Coke. b) Make sure it has a small scale. (Smaller scales are more accurate.) c) Fill the graduated cylinder with water to a mark on the cylinder. d) Find how much higher the water is when you drop the can in.
How would the accuracy of your determined Keq change if all your volume measurements were made with?
If all volume measurements were taken with a graduated cylinder instead of a pipet, the measurements would not be accurate. If something requires a pipet to be measured, it is a very small amount and a graduated cylinder would not be the proper measurement device.
