Chemistry, 31.07.2019 22:40, payshencec21

According to legend, archimedes, who was a famous greek mathematician, was given a crown, which was supposed to be made of pure gold but contained some silver alloy, by king hiero ii of sicily. he was asked by the king to prove or disprove his suspicion. (the crown indeed did contain silver). if you were archimedes, how would have determined experimentally whether or not the crown was pure gold?

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