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Laboratory Experiment 6

This document outlines an activity for students to determine the density of a fluid using Archimedes' Principle. It includes student outcomes, intended learning outcomes, objectives, principles, required resources, procedures, and sections for data collection and analysis. The activity emphasizes measuring, recording data, and understanding buoyancy and fluid density relationships.

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Laboratory Experiment 6

This document outlines an activity for students to determine the density of a fluid using Archimedes' Principle. It includes student outcomes, intended learning outcomes, objectives, principles, required resources, procedures, and sections for data collection and analysis. The activity emphasizes measuring, recording data, and understanding buoyancy and fluid density relationships.

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Activity 6: Determination of Density of a Fluid Using Archimedes Principle

1. Student Outcomes (SOs) Addressed by the Activity


SO d, Design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze, and interpret data, and
synthesize
information to provide valid conclusions for investigating complex problems.
SO i, Function effectively as an individual and as a member or leader in diverse teams and in
multidisciplinary setting.

2. Activity’s Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):


At the end of the activity the students shall be able to:
1. Demonstrate ability to measure, collect and record data accurately.
2. Demonstrate ability to use data in a formula to solve for density.
3. Identify the density of water and compare with common liquids.
4. Identify if there is a relationship between the volume and mass of the volume in solving for
density.

3. Objective/s of the activity:


The activity aims to indirectly measure/determine the density of a fluid using Archimedes
Principle. Additionally it aims to validate Archimedes principle.

4. Principle of the activity:

Buoyancy is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed
object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying
fluid. Thus a column of fluid, or an object submerged in the fluid, experiences greater pressure at
the bottom of the column than at the top. This difference in pressure results in a net force that tends
to accelerate an object upwards. The magnitude of that force is proportional to the difference in the
pressure between the top and the bottom of the column, and (as explained by Archimedes'
principle) is also equivalent to the weight of the fluid that would otherwise occupy the column, i.e.
the displaced fluid.
For this reason, an object whose density is greater than that of the fluid in which it is
submerged tends to sink. If the object is either less dense than the liquid or is shaped appropriately
(as in a boat), the force can keep the object afloat. This can occur only in a reference frame which
either has a gravitational field or is accelerating due to a force other than gravity defining a
"downward" direction (that is, a non-inertial reference frame). In a situation of fluid statics, the net
upward buoyancy force is equal to the magnitude of the weight of fluid displaced by the body.

eq. 6.1
Where,
F = Buoyant Force
b

g = gravitational acceleration
ρ = density of fluid
fluid

V = Volume submerged/displaced
displced fluid

For this activity the amount of buoyant force is given by:


eq. 6.2

Equating eq. 6.1 and 6.2 the fluid density is given by:
eq. 6.3

5. Resources/Instruments Required:

Graduated Cylinder
Spring balance
Liquids whose properties are to be measured (water, oil, soy sauce, diesel)
Block of wood
Graduated cylinder
Beaker

6. Procedure:

Method 1
1. Weigh an empty graduated cylinder or beaker.
2. Weigh a known volume of a liquid using a graduated cylinder or beaker.
3. Identify the density of the liquid from the difference in weight divided by the volume.

Method 2
1. Determine the mass of the block of wood in air (m ) using weighing scale.
air

2. Determine the mass of the block of wood in fluid (m using spring balance (If it floats the
fluid)

m = 0)
fluid

3. Identify the buoyant force acting on the object from the difference of its mass which is
determined from procedure 1 and 2 (F = m – m )
b air fluid

4. With the block remains submerged/floating on the cylinder, determine the change in level
of the surface and record it as the Volume submerged/displaced (V ) displace fluid

5. Identify the density of the liquid using equation 6.3


6.

7. Laboratory Report:

Group No.: Section:


Date Performed: Date Submitted:
Name of Members:

1. 4.
2. 5.
3.

8. Data and Results:


Table 8.1: Using mass-volume-density relation

Fluid Mass Volum Density (ρ ): fluid

Unit: e Unit:
Unit:

Table 8.2: Using equation 6.3


Flui m air m fluid Vdisplaced fluid Density (ρ ):fluid

d Unit: Unit Unit: Unit:


:

Table 8.3: Summary

Flui ρ from Table ρ from Table 6.2 % error


d 6.1

9. Analysis/Computation/s:

10. Source/s of Error


11. Technique/s and recommendations to minimize error/s

12. Conclusion/s

13. Documentation

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