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Ch.1 - Chemical Tools: Experimentation & Measurement

Chapter 1, Problem 110

Lignum vitae is a hard, durable, and extremely dense wood used to make ship bearings. A sphere of this wood with a diameter of 7.60 cm has a mass of 313 g. (a) What is the density of the lignum vitae sphere? (b) Will the sphere float or sink in water? (c) Will the sphere float or sink in chloroform? (The density of chloroform is 1.48 g/mL.)

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