It’s not a misspell, it is indeed Density and not Destiny because you are on my Science blog eh.
Okay, Density is defined as the mass per unit volume.
There was a running question (or joke - but not really funny), which is heavier 1 Kg of cotton or 1Kg of nail?
The obvious answer is- it both has the same weight.
But the correct question should be which is more dense?
And the correct answer is the nail.
Why?
Because although they have the same weight or mass (which is 1 Kg), the volume occupied by the cotton is more than the volume of the nail.
So let’s assume, the volume of cotton is 2 cm3 and nail is 0.5 cm3, the density of cotton and nail can be computed using the formula:
Density = mass/ volume
Density of cotton = 1 Kg/ 2 cm3 = 0.5 Kg/cm3
Density of nail = 1 Kg/ 0.5 cm3 = 2.0 Kg/cm3
Therefore, nail is more dense than cotton.
But I’ll give you a shorter way to determine which is more or which is less without the computation perse.
If you will submerge it with water, which one will sink and which one will float?
Of course the nail will sink and the cotton will float.
There goes the same answer, the nail is more dense while the cotton is less dense.
Why?
Because density of water is always 1 and used as THE standard.
So things (liquid or solid) with density more than 1 will sink,
While things (liquid or solid) with density less than 1 will float.
I always encourage people even myself to ask, because that’s how you learn things.
Gets?
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And while we’re on the topic, some use the word ‘dense’ to describe persons who cannot grasp things (like if your crush doesn’t understand your pa-cute ways)…
So when people call you dense don’t be happy about it because it means you’re less than 1 (the standard).
Gets?
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It’s been a whole year since my last post…
my apologies to my blog and my readers (if any)…
Okay, Density is defined as the mass per unit volume.
There was a running question (or joke - but not really funny), which is heavier 1 Kg of cotton or 1Kg of nail?
The obvious answer is- it both has the same weight.
But the correct question should be which is more dense?
And the correct answer is the nail.
Why?
Because although they have the same weight or mass (which is 1 Kg), the volume occupied by the cotton is more than the volume of the nail.
So let’s assume, the volume of cotton is 2 cm3 and nail is 0.5 cm3, the density of cotton and nail can be computed using the formula:
Density = mass/ volume
Density of cotton = 1 Kg/ 2 cm3 = 0.5 Kg/cm3
Density of nail = 1 Kg/ 0.5 cm3 = 2.0 Kg/cm3
Therefore, nail is more dense than cotton.
But I’ll give you a shorter way to determine which is more or which is less without the computation perse.
If you will submerge it with water, which one will sink and which one will float?
Of course the nail will sink and the cotton will float.
There goes the same answer, the nail is more dense while the cotton is less dense.
Why?
Because density of water is always 1 and used as THE standard.
So things (liquid or solid) with density more than 1 will sink,
While things (liquid or solid) with density less than 1 will float.
I always encourage people even myself to ask, because that’s how you learn things.
Gets?
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And while we’re on the topic, some use the word ‘dense’ to describe persons who cannot grasp things (like if your crush doesn’t understand your pa-cute ways)…
So when people call you dense don’t be happy about it because it means you’re less than 1 (the standard).
Gets?
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It’s been a whole year since my last post…
my apologies to my blog and my readers (if any)…