The density (more precisely, the volumetric mass density; also known as specific mass), of a substance is its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter D can also be used. Mathematically, density is defined as mass divided by volume:
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{\displaystyle \rho ={\frac {m}{V}}}
where ρ is the density, m is the mass, and V is the volume. In some cases (for instance, in the United States oil and gas industry), density is loosely defined as its weight per unit volume, although this is scientifically inaccurate – this quantity is more specifically called specific weight.
For a pure substance the density has the same numerical value as its mass concentration.
Different materials usually have different densities, and density may be relevant to buoyancy, purity and packaging. Osmium and iridium are the densest known elements at standard conditions for temperature and pressure.
To simplify comparisons of density across different systems of units, it is sometimes replaced by the dimensionless quantity "relative density" or "specific gravity", i.e. the ratio of the density of the material to that of a standard material, usually water. Thus a relative density less than one relative to water means that the substance floats in water.
The density of a material varies with temperature and pressure. This variation is typically small for solids and liquids but much greater for gases. Increasing the pressure on an object decreases the volume of the object and thus increases its density. Increasing the temperature of a substance (with a few exceptions) decreases its density by increasing its volume. In most materials, heating the bottom of a fluid results in convection of the heat from the bottom to the top, due to the decrease in the density of the heated fluid. This causes it to rise relative to more dense unheated material.
The reciprocal of the density of a substance is occasionally called its specific volume, a term sometimes used in thermodynamics. Density is an intensive property in that increasing the amount of a substance does not increase its density; rather it increases its mass.
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Part (a) was simple, after applying
$$Q=\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}^{}\rho \, d^3\mathbf{r}$$
I found that the total charge of the configuration was zero.
Part (b) is where the difficulties arise for me. I applied
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Note that i do not have the solution to this problem.
I will start with part (a).
##f(u)= 3u-\dfrac{3u^2}{2k}## with limits ##0≤u≤k##
it follows that,
##3k - \dfrac{3k}{2}=1##
##\dfrac{3k}{2}=1##
##k=\dfrac {2}{3}##
For part (b)...
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A 5.0- cm -diameter cylinder floats in water. How much work must be done to push the cylinder 11 cm deeper into the water?
F =Aρgx
x being the...
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Claperyon equation:
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## eV = 1.6 * 10^{-19}~ kg~ m^2 / sec^2, ##
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# imports
from scipy.optimize import fsolve...
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I have a lot of...