Product Summary
Use this versatile set of materials with the Overflow Can to investigate Archimedes’ Principle of displacement, specific heats, and basic length/volume relationships.
Includes pieces that have the same shape, volume, density, and mass, so the variable of interest can readily be isolated. Each piece has a hole, so it can be suspended from a string.
What's Included
- 3x Cylinders: aluminum, brass, plastic; 2.2 cm dia. x 6.4 cm long (plastic is less dense than water)
- 2x Blocks: aluminum (1.9 x 3.2 x 4.1 cm) and brass (1.6 x 1.9 x 2.8 cm); The mass of each block equals that of the aluminum cylinder.
- 1x Irregular shape: aluminum
- 1x Instruction manual
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Density Set.
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College / Physics
The buoyant force on several objects is measured by taking the difference between the object's weight in air, and its apparent weight in water. This measured buoyant force is compared to the theoretical value calculated using...
College / Physics
In this lab, students will measure the period of a simple pendulum and use scientific methods to determine the relationships between the period of a pendulum and its length, the mass of the pendulum, and the amplitude of the pendulum’s...
Advanced Placement / Physics
Students use the Smart Cart force sensor to measure the buoyant force on a metal cylinder lowered into a fluid and then determine the relationship between the buoyant force on a submerged object and a) its volume and b) the weight...
College / Physics
Use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature change of a volume of warm water when a cold piece of metal is placed in it. Determine the total amount of heat transferred from the warmer water to the cold metal, and the specific...
College • High School / Physics
In this lab, the buoyant force on an object is measured by taking the difference between the object's weight in air, and its apparent weight in water. This measured buoyant force is compared to the theoretical value calculated...
High School / Chemistry
This lab helps students demonstrate that density is an intensive property of a substance and is independent of the shape or size of an object.
