Density determination by water displacement and flotation: An introductory experiment in forensic chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1187-1189

  Saccocio, Lisa A ^a   Carroll, Mary K ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOTATION;

FORENSIC CHEMISTRY; RELATIVE DENSITIES; WATER DISPLACEMENT;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33747005624     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1187     Document Type: Article

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