Quantitative Physical Properties

Mass:

• Amount of matter in object or sample

Units:

• Kg

• G

• Mg

Equipment used to measure:

• Centigrams balance

• Digital scale

Volume

• Amount of space that a material takes up

Units:

• Solid: cm³

• Liquid & gas: L

• mL

Equipment used to measure:

• Graduated cylinder

• Meniscus

Density:

• Amount of mass in certain volume of material

Units:

• Solid: g/cm³

• Liquid & gas: g/mL

How to calculate:

M=D*V

D=M/V

V=M/D