solid. 7. A gold smith claims that an ornament is made of pure gold of density 19.32 g/cm³. A chain made from this gold weighs 25.25 g. The apparent weight of the chain when immersed in water is 23.075 g. Using a suitable calculation, determine the purity of gold.​

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Answer:

Wc - Ws = 25.25 - 23.075 = 2.175    weight of water displaced

Since water has a density of 1 means the chain has a volume of 2.175 cm^3

The density of the chain is M / V = 25.25 g / 2.175 cm^3

ρc = 11.6    which is less than pure gold of 19.32

This is all that one can say about the purity of gold in the chain because one does not know the density of other material in the chain.

That means that one does not know how much pure gold is actually in the chain without knowing the density of the rest of the chain.