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Density is the amount of mass in a given volume.

The symbol most often used for density is p (the lower case Greek letter rho). Mathematically, density is calculated as mass divided by volume (p = m/V).

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How could you define the density?

Density = mass of an object divided by the volume of that object. Its unit is mass per unit volume.


How does mass volume density and weight compare?

Mass is the amount of matter in an object, volume is the amount of space it occupies, and density is the mass of an object per unit volume. Weight is the force acting on an object due to gravity, and it is dependent on the mass and the acceleration due to gravity. They are related but distinct properties of an object.


What is the measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance?

Mass / volume (mass per unit volume) is called "density".Mass / volume (mass per unit volume) is called "density".Mass / volume (mass per unit volume) is called "density".Mass / volume (mass per unit volume) is called "density".


How do specific volume and density differ?

Mass is the amount of substance an object, Volume is how much space an object displaces (or takes up) in space, and density is how much mass is packed into that volume, also density is how tight atoms are packed together


How is the metric unit of volume related to the unit of mass?

Capacity is another word for volume, which is the amount of space occupied by an object. Both mass and volume are extensive attributes of an object; that is, both depend upon the amount of stuff you have. Mass and capacity are independent of each other. A more massive (heavier) object made of a certain substance -- think gold -- may occupy far less space than a less massive (lighter) one made from a different substance -- think Styrofoam. But if you have objects made of the same substance, then a relationship between the two attributes can be established. The ratio of a substance's mass to its volume is called its mass density. The formula is simple: P = m/v, where P (the Greek letter rho) is the density. For example, if you have a ten kilograms of stuff and it occupies two cubic meters (of space), its mass density is five kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m3). So, to calculate mass density, divide an object's mass by its volume. Further, if you know an object's mass density and its volume, you can calculate its mass, and if you know an object's mass density and its mass, you can calculate its volume.

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What is the amount of mass per unit volume in an object mean?

The ratio mass/volume is called density.


What is an object's is the amount of mass per a certain unit of volume?

Mass per unit volume is the object's "Density".


How could you define the density?

Density = mass of an object divided by the volume of that object. Its unit is mass per unit volume.


What substance that is calculated by its mass by volume?

No substance is calculated that way. Mass per unit volume is called the density of a substance or object, which is a property or unit of measure of a substance.


The density of an object is a what?

The density of an object is its mass per unit of volume and is determined by dividing its mass by its volume.


What is The quantity of mass contained within a volume called?

The quantity of mass contained within a volume is called its Density. Actually the quantity of Mass per unit Volume is Density , by Definition.


What is a measure of a mass of an object in a given volume?

The mass of a substance in unit volume is its density.


What is a mass unit of volume of a substance?

Mass per unit volume is called density.


What is the mass per unit volume of an object?

The answer is Density


The mass per unit volume of an object is?

Density.


What is the answer to mass of a substance divided by unit volume?

Mass per unit volume is called density, which is determined by dividing mass by volume.


How do mass and volume work together?

Mass and volume are related through density, which is the amount of mass per unit volume of a substance. An object with a larger volume but the same mass as a smaller object will have a lower density. Conversely, an object with the same volume but more mass will have a higher density.