The mass depends on the thickness of the container and on the density of the substance from which it is made.
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A container holds volume.
I'm not sure what you mean, but weighing by difference is when you:Take the weight of an empty container, fill the container with a substance.Take the weight of the container holding the substance.Subtract the empty container's mass from the mass of the container and the substance.You will then get the mass of the substance.The result is what is called the "Tare" weight. That is the weight of the contents ONLY .And that would not be the mass of the substance,,,it would be the weight. Mass is a determination of how much space is taken up by the substance.
A cubic container has a volume of 1cm^3 and can hold 1 ml of water which has a mass of 1.AnswerMass is measured in kilograms. The mass of a given cubic container depends on the material contained within.
Find the mass of an empty container using a balance. Fill the container with 100 ml of water and measure the mass again, The difference between the two measurements is the mass of 100 ml of water.
It usually refers to the mass of an object together with its container. For example the gross mass of a tin of soup will be the mass of the soup plus the mass of the tin. As a consumer, you will probably be interested in only the net mass - the mass of the soup - but for the haulier it is the gross mass that matters. For something like breakfast cereal the mass of the container may well be a significant proportion of the gross mass.