Mystery Liquids Lab

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In this lab we wanted to identify what the four mystery liquids were using density and their characteristic properties. We were initially given four liquids that were labelled numbers 1- 4, some graduated cylinders, and a scale, but we also knew that the 4 liquids were ethanol, vegetable oil, water, and cyclohexane. Using the mass that we found when we measured the liquid and using only 10 mL of the liquids we were able to calculate the density and easily identify the liquids and see if they matched the guesses we had made initially.
Our results do confirm our hypothesis that you could identify liquids if you have their densities. Since we had gotten all the calculations right it was very easy to match the densities to the liquids that we

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