2006-07-07 14:17:49 · 13 answers · asked by babelup 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
put a certain amount of water in a gradualted cylinder(25mm for example)
next put the object in the cylinder and read what the water level is at...(lets say it rose to 30 mm)
lastly, subtract the two (making sure the smaller number is subtracted from the larger number) ...30-25
and you'll be left w/ your volume...5mm
2006-07-07 14:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fill a stable container to overflowing. submerge the object in the container whether it floats or not. Remove the object and use a liquid graduate to measure the amount of water needed to refill the container just to overflowing. Use a little detergent in the water to reduce surface tension and to wet the object. If the object can not be wetted, protect it in thin (saran) plastic.
2006-07-07 14:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One attempt would be to scale it up (build a bigger model of it) and just measure the water it holds, the other attempt would be (if the object is too small) to have an identifyable sufficient amount of same objects and then do the measuring.
2006-07-07 14:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by ganja_claus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fill a graduated cylinder to a certain ammount, write the ammount down, drop the object in the graduated cylinder, and then subtract the resulting volume from the original volume.
2006-07-07 14:20:27 · answer #4 · answered by spacecowboytim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a measuring cup of appropriate size with water and see how much water is displaced when you add the object.
2006-07-07 14:22:10 · answer #5 · answered by dave_martin_7777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fill up a large measuring glass with water and put the object in and measure how much water comes out
2006-07-07 14:27:48 · answer #6 · answered by Big J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By weighing it! Archemedes' Theory states that: Any object placed in a fluid, is bouyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid which it displaces.
2006-07-07 14:22:26 · answer #7 · answered by Jimmy Pete 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you do not have grauated cylinder, fill one container to the brink, place into another container, drop object, measure water that spills over by cups or shotglasses.
2006-07-07 14:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is small enough, try putting 4ml of water in a test tube, then put in the object and see how many ml the water rises. that was how i was taught to do it in my 7th grade science class.
2006-07-07 14:20:01 · answer #9 · answered by whyohcruelworld 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the "Displacement of Water" method.
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2006-07-07 14:19:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anish Jacob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋