Table 1: Displacement Method for Alloy Weight of the coins (g) 90.08 g Initial level of water (cc) 20.00 cc Final level of water (cc) 92.00 cc Volume of Coins (cc) 12.00 cc Density of Coins (g/cc) 7.50 g/cc Experimental % by weight of copper 79.89 % Experimental % by weight of zinc 20.11 %
(Table 1 shows the result of the volume and density of a coin using displacement method) Given a theoretical density of copper which is 8.5 g/cm 3 , 79.89% composition was obtained. Table 2: Density of a Bone Weight of the bone in air (g) 40 Weight of the bone in water (g) 20 Relative density of bone 2 g/cc Density of bone (g/cc) 2 Finding Osteopetrosis
(Table 2 shows the results obtained in measuring the density of the bone and the relative density using equation 2.4)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) osteoporosis is defined on this scale :
Osteoporosis 2.5 Osteopetrosis
1 Normal
Osteopenia
After obtaining 2 g/cc as the density of the bone, it was clear that the bone has Osteopetrosis because it has a higher than the normal bone density of 1.
2. Conclusion After performing the experiment, it was evident that the force exerted by the water on the object submerged in it is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces. Through Archimedes principle the determination of the density of an object is possible and that its volume cannot be measured directly. If an object is weighed first in the air and then weighed again in water, the difference in weights will equal the weight of the volume of the water displaced, which is the same as the volume of the object.
3. References
[1]http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Relative_density. html
[2] L. Marder. 1972. Vector Fields. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London.
[3] H. Lass. Vector and Tensor Analysis. Phoenix Press, Quezon City, Philippines.
[4] MIT OpenCourseware. Cartesian Coordinates and Vectors. Obtained July 8, 2013 from the MIT OpenCourseware site.