Suppose i have a 100 ml graduated cylinder with marks at 1 ml increments. after determining the density of liquid mercury with a top-loading balance and this 100 ml graduated cylinder, i get d = 13.587923442 g/ml from my calculator. what should i report as the correct density for this measurement?

answer : third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

explanation :

let us write down the given equations

equation 1 :

equation 2 :

equation 3 :

let us use hess's law to find out which 2 equations can be added to get the third equation.

let us reverse equation 2 and multiply it by 2. the new equation that we get is,

equation 4 :

let us add equation 1 & 4

the above equation is similar to equation 3 but has different value for dhrxn.

therefore third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol