I’ll be drying the silver out and weighing it sometime in the next couple days. Closest guess when I do gets bragging rights! (And absolutely nothing else)

The scale was zeroed with the beaker empty, and it contains only water and silver (and a trace amount of copper nitrate). If you have a strategy behind your guess, please do share it!

  • jjagaimo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    43·
    10 hours ago
    Density of silver: 10.49g/mL
Density of water: 1g/mL

Total mass: 1464g
Total volume: 700mL

x = volume of silver, mL
y = volume of water, mL

10.49x + 1y = 1464
x+y = 700

9.49x=764
x=80.5058mL of silver

10.49x = 
10.49 × 80.5058 =

844.51g of silver

    Probably an over estimate due to the copper so probably more like 835-840g.

    • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
      20·
      10 hours ago

      Damn, you were faster than I was, I was just calculating the same thing. All I have left is to assume that they won’t be able to fully dry the silver and guess a bit higher… 850g.