Question

You discover a piece of jewelry that you think might be made of silver. You place the item on a balance and determine that it has a mass of 12.2 grams. It displaces 1.9 cm 3 of water when placed in a graduated cylinder. Is this item made of pure silver? Show your work.

Answer 1

No, this item is not made of pure silver because if it has been made from pure silver that it would have displaced only 1.16cm³ of water but due to the addition of some other low-density element it displaces 1.9cm³ of water.

For pure silver

density of pure silver is = 10.49 g/cm³

mass of silver = 12.2 gram

since, density = mass/volume

          volume = mass/density

                        = 12.2/10.49 cm³

                         = 1.16 cm³

But the actual displaced water is 1.9cm³, which means some other element of lower density has been added.

Therefore, it is clear that the given jewelry is not made of pure silver.

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