Density's Separation Of Syrids

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Density’s separation of fluids was shown via the density column. The resulting column was nearly identical to that of the prediction. However, the rubber band actually sunk through the layer of dish soap and floated atop the maple syrup, as seen in Picture 1. This means that the density of the rubber band was greater than anticipated or that the dish soap’s was less than assumed. Besides that slight difference in order, the entire column stood completely as expected.

Complete perfection, even in a laboratory environment, is not truly a possibility. Specifically, instrumental limitations were present. Any of the fluids may not have been perfectly at 50 mL, because exact measurements are unmanageable. Also, there is no possible way to

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