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Density was dated as far back as the first century BC. The Greek philosopher Archimedes had to find out if King Hiero’s goldsmith was stealing gold and replacing it with a cheaper metal in a valuable object. When Archimedes was taking a bath he realized, that he could determine the volume of the suspected object by the amount of water it displaced.Then, by dividing the weight
(mass) by the volume, then comparing the resulting density with that of gold, he could determine if the object was gold or a cheaper substitute. According to legend, the thought so thrilled
Archimedes that he ran through town shouting “Eureka!,” a Greek word meaning “I have found it.” Density has its own formula known as mass/volume . Every substance has its own density. The density of a substance never changes, unless there is a change in the pressure or temperature. If the object is solid its volume is cm and if its liquid its volume is mL.If the object is irregular then they would have to use something called the water displacement method to find the density.Submerge the object, then measure the volume of the water displaced and then find the mass and finally using the the density formula. Density is a really useful source to everyday use. For example, building a ship; you would not want to use materials that would sink in water.
Some fun facts about density: Earth scientists use density measurements to identify minerals and other solids. Chemists measure the density of a solution to determine the concentration of a substance in that solution. A can of diet coke would float in water unlike a can of regular coke. If saturn was to be put in water it would float, the density of saturn is 0.687 g/cm
The Earth has the density of 5.513 g/cm . Mars has the