Answer to Question #159950 in Inorganic Chemistry for Delaney Gilder

Question

linoleic acid is an essential fatty acid in the human diet, which means that we need to include this acid as part of a healthful diet. linoleic acid is a major constituent of many vegetable oils, including peanut oil, corn oil, and soybean oil. If the mass of a beaker containing 23.0 mL of linoleic acid is 150.07g, and the mass of the empty beaker is 129.32g, what is the density of linoleic acid?

Answer 1

Density $D= mv$

m=150.07- 129.32=20.75g

V=23cm³

D= 20.75/23

0.9022 g/cm³