Lee S.

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Which is a heavier metal, zinc or tin? Explain.

Which is a heavier metal, zinc or tin? Explain.

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Arturo O. answered • 10/30/16

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Look up the densities of zinc and tin.  The more dense of the two is the heavier metal.  Your chemistry textbook should have a table of densities.
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Lee S.

I don't have a chemistry textbook... but I googled that zinc has a denisty of 7.140 g/mL and tin has a density of 7.31. Therefore, tin is heavier? But wait why? How did I know the density? Or how do you find it? ...
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Arturo O.

If those numbers are correct, then tin is heavier than zinc.  Density is mass per unit volume.  For a given volume, the higher density element has more mass, and therefor is heavier.
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