Physics GCSE
Density as a property of a material
What Density as a property of a material means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Density as a property of a material
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Reference: OCR
Depends on the material, not the size of the sample, so a larger volume of the same material has more mass but the same density.
Topics that use Density as a property of a material
- The particle model (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- conservation of mass
- Density
- Density equation
- Explaining density differences using the particle model
- Movement of particles in each state
- Particle arrangement in solids, liquids and gases
- Proportional reasoning with inverse relationships
- units of density
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