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DensityofMatter

Densityisthequantityofmassinaunitofvolume.Itisthedistinguishingpropertyofmatter.Eachmatter

hasitsowndensity.Representationofdensityisdunitofitisg/cm.

Formulaofdensity

Wecanshowthisrelationwithgraphsalso,lookatthegivengraphs

Becareful!!Thesegraphs

showtherelationsofmass,

densityandvolumeunder

constanttemperature.Changesinthetemperaturechangethevaluesofvolumeanddensity.Asyoucan

seefromthegraphsincreaseinthevolumeandmassdoesnotaffectthevalueofdensity,becauseitis
constantunderconstanttemperatureandcharacteristicpropertyofmatter.

Example:Findthedensitiesofthegivenmatters

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a)Matterhavingmass100gandvolume50cm

b)Matterhaving125gandvolume100cm

a)Density=mass/volume=100g/50cm=2g/cm

b)Density=mass/volume=125g/100cm=1,25g/cm

Example:Findthedensityofthegivenmatterusingthegraphbelow

DensityofMixtures

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Mixturesincludeatleasttwodifferentmatters.Ifthemattersarehomogeneouslymixedthanwecalled

themhomogeneousmixtures,onthecontraryiftheydonotmixedhomogeneouslywecalledthem

heterogeneousmixtures.Nowwewilllearnhowtocalculatethedensityofhomogeneousmixtures.Letme

startwithamixtureincludingdifferentmatters.

Matter1:hasmassm1andvolumeV1

Matter2:hasmassm2andVolumeV2

Mattern:hasmassmnandvolumeVn

Density=mass/volume

Ifwehavemorethanonesubstance

Example:Findthedensityofthemixtureincludingthreedifferentmattershavingmass25g,35gand65g,

andvolumes10cm,25cm,and50cm.

SomeTricksforSpecialCasesinDensityofMixtures

Ifthevolumesofthemattersareequalinagivenmixturethenwecalculatethedensityofmixture
withfollowingformula

Ifthemassesofthemattersareequalinagivenmixturethenwecalculatethedensityofthe
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mixturewithfollowingformula

Example:Thegraphgivenbelowshowstherelationofmassesvs.volumesoftwodifferentmattersAand

B.Ifwetake40cmfromAand40cmfromBvolume,calculatethedensityofthemixture.

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