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The volume of the solid material is approximately 179.07 cm3 while the volume of the bounding cylindrical envelope is approximately 549.8 cm3. Therefore, the “solid-to-envelope ratio”, α, is calculated as: 179.07 cm3/549.8 cm3 = 0.326