Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Tourist attractions - Chenchen wanted to identify whether the ethnic minority jewelry her mother brought back when she traveled to Yunnan was made of sterling silver.

Chenchen wanted to identify whether the ethnic minority jewelry her mother brought back when she traveled to Yunnan was made of sterling silver.

(1) Density of the jewelry:

ρ=

m

V

=

90g

10cm3

=9g/cm3<10.5g/cm3,

So it is not made of pure silver;

(2) The mass of an equally large piece of jewelry made of sterling silver:

m=ρV=10.5g/cm3×10cm3=105g.

Answer: (1) The jewelry is not sterling silver;

(2) The mass of a similarly large piece of jewelry made of sterling silver is 105g.