9) A gratuated exlinder contains 44.2 mL of water. it 48.6-9 piece of metal is carefully dropped into
the cylindero when the metal is completely
covered with water, the water rises to the
37.3 mt marke what is the density of the
metal?

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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