Answer to Question #70181 in Chemistry for Neon

Question

A 1.000 cubic centimeter sample of lead (density = 11.34 g/cm3), a 1.000 cubic centimeter sample of glass (density = 2500 kg/m3), and a 1.00 cm3 sample of Ebony wood (density = 960 kg/m3) and Balsa wood (density = 170 kg/m3). You drop each in separate beaker of water each containing 250 mL of water. How do the volumes of water displaced by each sample compare? Explain.

Answer 1

Water density is 1000 g/cm 3
Lead has a greater density than water. It will sink fully displacing water by its volume – 1 cm 3 .
Glass has a greater density than water. It will sink fully displacing water by its volume – 1 cm 3 .
The Ebony will displace less than 1 mL, and the Balsa Wood would displace even less than the Ebony wood.