A chemist working as a safety inspector finds an unmarked bottle in a lab cabine

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A chemist working as a safety inspector finds an unmarked bottle in a lab cabinet. A note on the door of the cabinet says the cabinet is store bottles of chloroform, pentane, acetone, methyl acetate, and dimethyl sulfoxide. The chemist plans to try to identify the unknown liquid by measuring the density and comparing to known densities. First, from his co Data Sheets (MSDs), the chemist finds the following information: Next, the chemist measures the volume of the unknown liquid as 0.566 L and the mass of the unknown liquid as 529. g. Calculate the density of the liquid. Round your answer to 3 significant digits.

Explanation / Answer

Given

Mass = 529 g

Volume = 0.566 L = 566 cm3

Density = Mass /Volume = 529 g / 566  cm3 = 0.93 g/ cm3 Answer

Yes Answer

it matches with methyl acetate Answer

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