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Mercury Density and Specific Gravity Calculation

This problem provides the density of mercury and asks to find the specific gravity, volume, and weight using basic definitions. It is given that the density of mercury is 26.3 slug/ft^3. The specific gravity is calculated as 13.6, the volume as 7.37x10^-5 m^3, and the weight on Earth as 847 lbf/ft^3 and on the Moon as 144 lbf/ft^3.

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Mercury Density and Specific Gravity Calculation

This problem provides the density of mercury and asks to find the specific gravity, volume, and weight using basic definitions. It is given that the density of mercury is 26.3 slug/ft^3. The specific gravity is calculated as 13.6, the volume as 7.37x10^-5 m^3, and the weight on Earth as 847 lbf/ft^3 and on the Moon as 144 lbf/ft^3.

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Problem 1.

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[Difficulty: 1]

Given: Find: Solution:

Density of mercury. Specific gravity, volume and weight. Use basic definitions w v = 1 ft
3

SG =

From Appendix A

w = 1.94

slug ft
3 3

so

SG =

26.3 1.94

SG = 13.6

v=

so

26.3 slug

1 slug 1 lbm 0.3048m 32.2 lbm 0.4536kg 1 ft

v = 7.37 10

3 5m

kg

= g E = 26.3 slug ft
3

Hence on earth

32.2

ft s
2

1 lbf s

1 slug ft

E = 847

lbf ft
3

On the moon

M = 26.3

slug ft
3

5.47

ft s
2

1 lbf s

1 slug ft

M = 144

lbf ft
3

Note that mass-based quantities are independent of gravity

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