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volume of a drinking straw

11/19/2008 9:41 PM

how do you find the volume of a drinking straw using an experimental method
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Re: volume of a drinking straw

11/19/2008 9:46 PM

Not sure what you mean by experimental method, but you could cap one end, fill it with water or other fluid then pour the water into a graduated measuring vessel.

Another method would be to measure the ID with a digital caliper, measure the length and use the simple formula for determining volume of a cylinder.

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11/20/2008 7:15 AM

tape the ends force it into a fluid(water) in a graduated measuring device and measure its displacement. Remove the tape drop the tape and the straw back in measure its displacement. subtract the two

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11/23/2008 7:05 PM

Dip it into a bucket of water. Put your finger over the end. Let it empty into a graduated cylinder. Do this 10 times. Divide by 10.

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