Can you give an example of one solid, that is denser than any different liquid?
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Density is a function of two properties of matter- mass and volume.  So you're looking for a material that packs a lot of mass into a small space.  Probably the first hurdle the material has to clear is that it has to pe denser than itself in liquid form.  This is true of most materials that can legitimately have both a solid and liquid form, as the particles "pack in" closer together when they solidify and "spread out" as they liquify.  However, there are exceptions, like water, where the solid form is less dense than the liquid form (which is why ice floats).\n\nGenerally, as you move further up the periodic table into higher atomic numbers, elements get more dense (though exceptions certainly exist).  If you go very far up into the periodic table into say the Actinides (Uranium for example) you get into solids (largely unstable and radioactive, but solids nonetheless) that are extremely dense.  In theory however, at a high enough temperature you could possibly go further up the periodic table, heat the material to its melting point, and create a liquid that could potentially be more dense.
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http://www.answers.com/topic/density?method=22\nhttp://www.reference.com/search?q=density
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Solid (frozen) water is lighter than liquid water.  Since low density materials float on higher density materials, ice floats on water.  \n\nSolids are typically poor condutors of heat, so ice forms an insulating barrier between the cold air and the warmer water below.  This insulating effect is what keeps lakes from freezing solid.\n\nIf ice was denser than water, ice would sink and liquid water would rise up to contact the freezing air above.  Even the deepest of lakes and rivers would freeze solid.  Life as we know it could not exist over most parts of the earth.\n\nIt is important to remember that most solids are denser than their melted (liquid) forms.  Water is very unique.  Since we cannot imagine life without floating ice, scientists are looking for water in the cosmos as signs of places that we, or other beings might be able to inhabit.
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has to do with intermolecular bonds. The bonds that hold a solid together are more ridgid than that of a liquid.
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Water has its highest density at 4 deg. C.\n\nYou might try a Yahoo! search next time.  That's how I found the info.\n\nTake care,\nDavid Roth\nwww.tutor-homework.com
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Density is simply mass per unit volume.  The density of a substance is directly related to the atomic weight of the element composing it, ie., elements with higher atomic weight can be thought of as being “heavier”.   Another way of stating this is that equal volumes of two different substances have different densities because each different substance has a different mass (ie, atomic weight) and crystal structure.  There are many types of units which can be used to measure the mass of a substance (pounds, grams, etc.), just as there are many types of units which can be used to measure volume (cubic feet, cubic centimeters, etc.).  The standard units of measure for density are grams/cubic centimeter.  \n\nDifferent minerals or rocks can vary greatly in density, depending on their chemical make up.  Density is such a characteristic property of a substance that it may be used to identify the substance.  Geologists have found it useful to develop a system of comparing densities of different minerals or rocks by calculating a numerical value without units known as “specific gravity”.  The specific gravity is the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water.  Water is chosen as the substance for comparison because by definition it has a density of 1 gram per cubic centimeter (at 4o C), and also because it is such a common substance.  For example, compare the density of a rock like granite to water:  a cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds and a cubic foot of granite weighs 168 pounds.  The specific gravity of granite is:   168 / 62.5  =  2.7.   Granite is 2.7 times heavier than water.
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Density = Mass / Volume\nIf you know any 2 of the above quantities, you can find the other.
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It has a minor specific gravity, or density.\n\nI came back, but I have seen that the Q has been answered. I want just to give another link and make more schematic the answer. \nThe link is : www.simetric.co.uk\nFor the rest : density = mass / volume\n         and : weight = mass * gravity\nCombining them, we obtain the following\n               weight = density * volume * gravity \nGravity, is a costant measure. So, if 2 liquids have the same volume and one of them has smaller density, is lighter than the other, because the weight is smaller.\nI use this schematic way in my pharmacy, when I try to explain something to my clients and (usually) it works.\nI hope that I was not boring.\n\nKaterina\n\nP.S. Why is not highlighted the link that I gave in my text, as in the following answer?
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1. measure the density of the unknown substance.  Compare with published lists of the density of known substances.\n\n2. In general, but not always, solids are more dense than liquids which are more dense than gases.
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The density of the fluid and the density of the object.
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This really depends on what liquid versus what solid you are heating.  Some liquids are actually less heat conductive that solids.\n\nFor example,  if you have some oil and some aluminum then the aluminum is going to heat up faster than the oil would.
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Solid\nLiquid\nGas\n\nThere is one more, actually. Its called Plasma
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Specific gravity.\n\nPure water has a density of 1 (the mass of 1 cubic centimetre of pure water is precisely 1 gramme), if something was twice as heavy as water (i.e. it has twice the mass) it would have a specific gravity of 2, 6 times as heavy and the SG would be 6.  If something was half as light as water it's SG would be 0.5 and so on.
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Aluminum is 2.9 times as dense as iron. On the other hand, iron has roughly half the specific heat as aluminum.\n\nSpecific heat is measured in terms of how many calories of energy it takes to raise the temperature of one gram one degree centigrade. \n\nGiven two equal masses of aluminum and iron, the aluminum with the higher specific heat will take more energy to heat and give of more energy cooling. As a result, it will take longer to heat and cool. \n\nHowever, given two equal volumes of aluminum and iron, the aluminum will have only 1/3 the mass and therefore will need throw off only 2/3s as much heat to cool as the iron.
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water has density 1gm/ml. what ever is the volume in ml for water same is the mass in gms because density = mass/volume\n\n\ni hope it will help you out
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I found a web site with a lab on how to figure out releative density of a given liquid hope it helps.  It has all the instructions and materials needed listed on the site
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Sound travels faster through denser materials.  The closer the molecules of the material are, the easier it is for them to pass the sound energy between them.\n\nSolids are the densest of the three, then liquids, then gases.