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2007-05-17 09:53:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No, using water as an example, it can fill many different shapes of containers, but the density remains the same.
2007-05-17 09:57:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The shape of an object does not affect its density *BUT* changing the shape of some object can change the distribution of its density.
2007-05-17 10:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...Density is mass per unit volume.
Water will take the shape of the vessel containing it, density doesn't change..
Gas has no shape, it fills the availabe space, without change in density.
Solids a said to have a definite shape and volume, however, many solids are malleable and can be formed into different shapes, but their density is fixed.
2007-05-17 10:10:21 · answer #3 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shape of the object does not affect its density but its texture. For example, if you have a ball of gum and you change its form the mass and volume remains the same, but if you take a ball of cotton and you measure the density before and after squeeze it, the density will be different (less before squeeze and higher afterwards).
2007-05-17 10:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by CHESSLARUS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As most everyone said...no, shape generally does not affect density = rho = W/V or M/V depending on if the density is weight (W = Mg) or mass (M) density. V is the volume (m^3) and M is the mass (kg), and g is the acceleration (m/sec^2) of a mass due to force of gravity (aka weight). However, we can affect the density of some mass M if we change the volume the mass occupies.
For example suppose we smoosh the volume V into a smaller volume v; so that v < V but the mass remains the same M. Then we'd have rho(v) = M/v and rho(V) = M/V; so that rho(v)/rho(V) = V/v and rho(v) = rho(V)(V/v) and rho(v) > rho(V). Thus, when smooshing a ball of enriched uranium, for example, we make its density rise proportional to the volume ratio (V/v).
2007-05-17 10:21:55 · answer #5 · answered by oldprof 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. You can have objects of the same size and shape with different densities.
For example. A 2' steel pole, or a 2' Styrofoam pole.
2007-05-17 09:56:44 · answer #6 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Density is the ratio of mass to volume. The material the object is made of has the same density whether it is a flat thin sheet, or a small cube.
2007-05-17 09:57:35 · answer #7 · answered by dsweise 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my answer isn't any. length and shape do no longer influence the density. if i could desire to bear in mind: DENSITY = Mass/volume so from the formula, density has no longer something to do with length and shape. density for this reason bargains with basically mass and volume.
2016-12-11 12:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by lunger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe so. Density actually has more to do with how tightly packed particles are. The more particles packed closely together = the denser an object is.
2007-05-17 09:58:19 · answer #9 · answered by divine_inter_vention 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no.. neither the mass nor the volume of an object depeds on its shape.so its density does not depend on its shape.
2007-05-17 09:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋