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Visualizing Density: Having Fun with Mass and Volume

visualizing Density having fun with mass and volume Water I am six feet tall. This cube is one metric tonne, 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204 pounds of the substance. Its mass is constant but its volume will vary. This cube is one cubic foot of the substance. Its volume is constant but its mass will vary. 62 pounds -28 kg 39 inches tall -99cm Now that you get how it works, let's start with the least dense stuff in the universe; the universe itself! (less all the big stuff). Interstellar Medium 3 attograms 1. weighs a bit more than a hemoglobin molecule. 13,387 miles tall -21,544 km Hydrogen 2.5 grams just like a penny. 73.2 feet tall -22.3 m Helium 5 grams 58.3 feet tall like a nickel -17.8 m Aerogel Silica Nanofoam This crazy stuff is the world's lowest density solid. 28 grams about a slice of bread. 32.7 feet tall -10 m Air 34 grams bread with jam 30.6 fe -9.3 m Cork 12 pounds -5.4 kg about your average cat 67 inches tall -170 cm Lithium It's the lightest metal and the least dense solid element. 33 pounds -15 kg 48 inches tall like a 3 year old boy -tt122 cm Concrete 144 pounds -65kg 30 inches tall -76 cm the average 16 year old boy Glass 162 pounds -73.5 kg 29 inches tall -74.6 cm the average 23 year old guy. Diamond 219 pounds -99 kg 26 inches tall -66 cm about the weight of a deer The Earth we are talking mean density here 344 pounds 22 inches tall -156 kg -56 cm about the weight of a barrel of oil. Lead 707 pounds 17.5 inches tall -321 kg -45.5 cm a large black bear. Gold 1,204 pounds 14.4 inches tall -546 kg 36.5 cm the average horse. Osmium this stuff is the densest natural element. 1,411 pounds 14 inches tall -640 kg -35.5 cm the average cow. Core of the Sun 9,364 pounds 7 inches tall -4,247 kg -17.8 cm an asian elephant. Black Hole This is the mean density inside the Schwarzschild radius of an earth-mass black hole. 11 exagrams 1 micron tall about the weight of an asteroid 11 km across. about the diameter of a typical bacterium. 1900 O RASMUSSEN COLLEGE

Visualizing Density: Having Fun with Mass and Volume

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How dense are you when it comes to mass? How massive is your knowledge of density? Read more and you might just say, "eureka!"

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