Can the hardness/purity of water effect its mass?
2006-09-06 13:58:51 · 4 answers · asked by katechaos34 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I think you mean its DENSITY or its SPECIFIC GRAVITY, that is, it's MASS per UNIT VOLUME... and yes, hardness (amount of dissolved solute) DOES affect specific gravity.
Water (pure water) weighs 1 gram per cubic centimeter at 4 degrees celsius.
Water with stuff dissolved in it weighs more.
Cold salt water, if left undisturbed, will sink to the bottom below fresh water.
2006-09-06 14:03:06 · answer #1 · answered by bellydoc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since hard water has a small concentration of calcium and iron among other impurities, the density of the water will be effected. This is because each impurity has its own density. The density of the hard water will be a weighted average of pure water and all of the impurities.
2006-09-06 14:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by Scott S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing affects mass except traveling near the speed of light.
2006-09-06 14:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hae no idea
2006-09-06 14:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋