whats the difference between mass and volume?

Question

mass is something which matter contains and also volume than whats the difference between them.

Answer 1

Go to a McDonald's restaurant and ask them for a "Newtoner", that is a "Quarter Pounder" hamburger in metric. A "newton" (from Newton's Law) is a unit of force or weight and is about equal to one quarter of a pound - not often used. It is not the unit of mass, which is the "kilogram" in metric, and is what is normally used. It is the opposite in the British system (used here in the U.S. but no longer used in Britain) where the official unit of mass is the "slug" (hardly ever used) and the unit of force or weight is the "pound". They say the density of air, for example, at standard conditions is 1.2 kilograms per cubic meter - which is correct terminology - but then say it is also equal to 2 pounds per cubic yard - which is incorrect terminology but nice and accurate and easy to remember. One million tons of air, really 62,161,994 "slugs" in correct terminology, occupies about one fifth of a cubic mile in volume over, say, a farm field but is much easier to think about even so and compare to the weights of large ships, etc.

Answer 2

Density relates the two. Density is the fixed quality that is dependent upon the type of matter you are talking about. Then, for a fixed density, the mass and the volume will always vary in direct proportion, i.e., cut one in half and you cut the other in half. Of course, this assumes keeping all other physical factors constant, like temperature and pressure.

For a substance that has a density of 1 Kg/Liter, then the numerical value of the two just happens to be the same.

Volume and mass are completely different physical properties and measure differently. If you don't know the density of a substance, then knowing the volume tells you nothing about the mass.

Look at the units for both off them. Mass is measured in kilograms by comparing it to other known masses. Volume is measured in cubic units to indicate how much space it occupies. Something really, really dense takes up much less space than something less dense for the same mass.

Answer 3

Volume is the amount of room something takes up.
Mass is the amount of matter in that something.

We tend to associate the two, especially because in the US we use the word ounce to represent both a unit of weight (1/16 of a pound) and a unit of volume (1/16 of a pint). This stems, by the way, from the fact that a pint of water at sea level and room temperature weights a pound.

Generally the things that we deal with are near the density of water. Human flesh, for example, or meat, or fruit. Things that do have a heavier density are not often picked up in large quantities. You might find it necessary to pick up a young child that has a mass of 10 kg. You would not find it as common to pick up a piece of granite of similar size, that might mass 40 kg.

But things that have radically different densities will have very different masses in the same volume. For example, helium has a mass much less than water, or even air, which is why a helium-filled balloon floats. It's difficult to talk about the weight of a pint of helium, since helium is a compressable gas, and expands or spreads out to fill the available space.

On the other hand, there is the matter that makes up neutron stars or black holes, in which a pint of volume would have a mass larger than that of the Earth.

Answer 4

Difference between Mass and Volume? Volume is the room something takes up. You can have a volume with no matter (vacuum). Mass is an amount of stuff. If you have a bicycle pump and close the end and push the piston, you're compressing the same amount of mass (the air inside the pump) into a smaller room (smaller volume). The mass doesn't change: it doesn't get out, and none gets in, because you've blocked the exit. You simply change the volume where that air is stored because you've reduced the room it occupies by pushing the piston. TWO bowls IDENTICAL in size that held the SAME EXACT amount of liquid but one was made of glass and the other was made of Lead. the one that was made out of LEAD would have more mass ? Lead has a greater density than glass: for the same volume of lead and the same volume of glass (same-shaped bowls), the lead bowl has a greater amount of mass because the lead molecular lattice is packed more tightly than the glass molecular lattice (more stuff in the same volume).

Answer 5

Mass and Volume is linked. More Mass, of the same element, imply more volume it occupy.

But Think Simple.
Mass denote the "Weight" of the Item/Element. Stays the same irregardless of the environment.
SI Unit is Kilogramme, base SI unit

Volume, denote the space that the element occupy, usually in Standard Temperature and Pressure situation, to simplify the understanding.
SI Unit: no one standard SI unit is used, as the units used are Derived SI units

Volume need to be refer to some independent standard, as the same volume of gas, when place in half the surround pressure environment, the volume of gas, will double.

Answer 6

Mass stays the same no matter where u are so its not wieght, BUT its really how dense the object is such as the amount of matter within it,this is why an iron marble will have more mass then a glass marble of the same wieght. Volume is the amount of space an object takes up, which can also change with the pressure around it.

Answer 7

Well, volume is how much space something takes up and is measured in voumetric units, like pints, or gallons, or milliliters.

Mass is the resistance to force of the substance and is related to weight. At the surface of the earth, with gravity pulling on it, one lb mass exerts one pound force, or, weighs one pound.

So a gallon of lead would have the same volume as a gallon of air or a gallon of water, but a gallon of lead would have a lot more mass than a gallon of air, and would weigh a lot more.

The useful equation is usually expressed d=m/v.

That is, density equals mass divided by volume. Density is therefore how much something weighs per volumetric amount and is expressed in mass/volume units like lbs-mass/gallon or grams/milliliter.

Answer 8

Mass is how much matter is in an object. Volume is how much space mater takes up

Answer 9

Mass is the amount of matter in something. It's normaly known as an objects "weight", and is measured in kilogrammes {or pounds/stone}.

Volume is how much space something takes up. It's measured in cubic meters, or liters.

Answer 10

mass is the amount of matter in an object, volume is the amount of space an object takes up.

Answer 11

volume of a mass can vary but mass of a volume is always constant.