Question

If samples of silver and lead each had volumes equal to 1cm3 which sample would have the greater mass and what would the difference in the masses be

Answer 1

Density of Silver = 10.5 g / cm^3

Density of Lead = 11.34 g / cm^3

 

So the masses of each given a volume of 1 cm^3 is:

 

mass of Silver = 10.5 grams

mass of Lead = 11.34 grams

 

So we see that Lead has greater mass for similar volume.

 

The difference is:

11.34 – 10.5 = 0.84 grams