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Re: Soap Density
Posted By: Speedball, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Sunday, November 26, 2000, at 20:15:50
In Reply To: Re: Soap Density posted by [Spacebar] on Sunday, November 26, 2000, at 20:12:18:

> > Does anyone know an approximate density for liquid soap (i.e. palmolive dishwashing liquid)?
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> Well, how approximate is okay?
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> I just took a 2L bottle of "Jergens Skin Care Antibacterial Plus" liquid soap and stuck it on bathroom scale. It wasn't a full bottle; I estimate 350 mL has been removed from it. The bathroom scale read 5 lb.
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> So that's 5 lb / 1.65 L (2L - 0.35 L). Since 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg, that's about 2.268 kg / 1.65 L, or about 1.37 kg/L (about a third more than the density of water).

Shouldn't you subtract the weight of the bottle?

Speed'of course if you are doing approximate it might not matter much'ball

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