Question

chemist wished to find the volume of a large barrel and had no equipment for measuring the amount of water needed to fit it. He added of 400g of pure sodium chloride barrel and filled with chlorine free water. After thorough mixing a 100 ml sample of the solution re

Answer 1

Place the object in the graduated cylinder, and record the resulting water volume as "b." Subtract the volume of the water alone from the volume of the water plus the object. For instance, if "b" was 50 milliliters and "a" was 25 milliliters, the volume of the irregularly shaped object would be 25 milliliters.