Question
Does density vary with temperature?

Answer

Density changes with temperature because volume changes with temperature.

Density is mass divided by volume.

$\text{Density}=\frac{\text{mass}}{\text{volume}}$

As you heat something up, the volume usually increases because the faster moving molecules are further apart. Since volume is in the denominator, increasing the volume decreases the density.

EXAMPLES:

At 10°C, 1000.0g of water have a volume of 1000.3mL.

$\therefore\text{Density}=\frac{1000.0\text{g}}{1000.3\text{mL}}$

$=0.99970\text{g/mL}$

At 10°C, 1000.0g of water have a volume of 1000.73mL.

$\therefore\text{Density}=\frac{1000.0\text{g}}{1027.7\text{mL}}$

$=0.97778\text{g/mL}$

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