The density of liquid mercury is 13.53 g/cm^3. The density of copper is 8.96 g/cm^3. Would you expect a piece of copper to sink or float when placed in a container of liquid mercury?
1 Answer
Feb 21, 2018
It will float.
Explanation:
The density of copper is
We have:
where
Since the density of solid copper is less than of liquid mercury, a piece of copper will float in liquid mercury.