[nyasha]

You are expected to use 35 square centimeter piece of aluminum from a used beverage can. What is the average thickness of such beverage cans if you have 1.00gram of metal from this piece ?


Attempt to solution:

I am stuck on this question. I would appreciate a heads up as to where to start or which formulas to use.

[Loyal]

Did the book give you the density of aluminum or any additional information? 

[nyasha]

Did the book give you the density of aluminum or any additional information? 

The question is in a pre-lab and they did not give us the density of aluminum or any additional information. They only gave us the area and mass.

[Loyal]

Did the book give you the density of aluminum or any additional information? 

The question is in a pre-lab and they did not give us the density of aluminum or any additional information. They only gave us the area and mass.

It seems a little odd that they would give you that and no way to relate the mass to the volume.

To help you out, a value I was able to find was 2.70 g/cm³.   You might ask your lab instructor about this problem just ot make sure there isn't some way I am overlooking.

[nj_bartel]

I don't think it's beyond expectations to look up the density of a substance for a prelab.

[nyasha]

Did the book give you the density of aluminum or any additional information? 

The question is in a pre-lab and they did not give us the density of aluminum or any additional information. They only gave us the area and mass.

It seems a little odd that they would give you that and no way to relate the mass to the volume.

To help you out, a value I was able to find was 2.70 g/cm³.   You might ask your lab instructor about this problem just ot make sure there isn't some way I am overlooking.

So how can l use the the density to find the thickness of this aluminum can ?

[AWK]

Start from calculation of Al volume.

[Loyal]

Did the book give you the density of aluminum or any additional information? 

The question is in a pre-lab and they did not give us the density of aluminum or any additional information. They only gave us the area and mass.

It seems a little odd that they would give you that and no way to relate the mass to the volume.

To help you out, a value I was able to find was 2.70 g/cm³.   You might ask your lab instructor about this problem just ot make sure there isn't some way I am overlooking.

So how can l use the the density to find the thickness of this aluminum can ?

You have essentially a cube.  Think about how the area of a cube is related to volume.