Hand sanitizer has a density of 0.79 g/cm3. If you were to add 100 mL of this liquid to the density column, where it be located? Why? (You may need to look up the densities of corn syrup, water, and vegetable oil to answer this one.)
To determine where hand sanitizer would be located in the density column, we need to compare its density with the densities of other substances typically used in a density column.
The density column usually consists of substances with increasing densities from top to bottom, such as vegetable oil, water, corn syrup, and some heavier fluids like honey or glycerin.
We need to compare the density of hand sanitizer (0.79 g/cm³) with the densities of corn syrup, water, and vegetable oil. The densities of these substances are as follows:
- Corn syrup: around 1.38 g/cm³
- Water: approximately 1 g/cm³
- Vegetable oil: generally around 0.92 g/cm³ to 0.93 g/cm³
Comparing the density of hand sanitizer with the densities mentioned above, we can see that hand sanitizer is less dense than all of them. Since it has a lower density than vegetable oil, water, and corn syrup, it would float on top of the density column.