Question

Backpackers often use canisters of white gas to fuel a cooking stove's burner. If one canister contains 1.45 L of white gas, and the density of the gas is 0.710 g/cm3, how many kilograms of fuel are contained in one canister?

Answer 1

One canister contains 1.030 kg of fuel.

V = 1.45 L ×
`(1000 mL)/(1L)` ×
`(1 cm^(3))/(1 mL)` = 1450 cm³

Mass = 1450 cm³ ×
`(0.710 \text g)/( 1 cm^(3))` = 1030 g = 1.030 kg