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How can mass help identify an unknown substance

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

You cannot use mass to tell one substance from another.

two very different objects can have the same mass.

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You can identify an unknown substance by measuring its density and comparing your result to a list of known densities. Density = mass/volume
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