It is essential that chemists remember the density of water - it is exactly 1 g cm-3. Using this information you should be able to decide whether the following alcohols will sink or float (of course, they may dissolve!):
|
Alcohol |
density (g cm-3) |
Alcohol |
density (g cm-3) |
|
Methanol |
0.793 |
Ethanol |
0.789 |
|
Propan-1-ol |
0.804 |
Butan-1-ol |
0.810 |
|
Pentan-1-ol |
0.815 |
Hexan-1-ol |
0.820 |
|
Heptan-1-ol |
0.822 |
Octan-1-ol |
0.826 |