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A ship catches fire and its steel hull expands as it heats up what happens to the volume of water the ship displaces?
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∙ 12y ago
Odd but good question.
It's instructive to know a little about buoyancy. A floating object will always displace its own weight in water.
If I have an icecube that weights 10g and put it into some water, it will be semi-submersed. The volume of water it displaces is equal to the volume of the icecube that is under water. That volume, if it were water, would weigh the same as the ice cube.
So our ship has displaced it's own weight in water. When the ship is on fire, its weight does not change and so the displaced water weighs the same, hense its volume is also the same. Simple as that.
This is of course ignoring several very minor effects:
If fumes escape the burning ship, its weight will change slightly.
Our archimedes-style analysis also does not account for surface tension (which will change as water heats up around the burning boat and also as the hull expands) but I guarentee you this effect is too small to matter or perhaps even measure.
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it remain the same as it has definite volume.
What happens to the volume of water when it freezes?
Water is unique. It expands in volume when heated, and also expands in volume when frozen (hence, burst water pipes (unless insulated) when there is a thaw after freezing winter weather).
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When a substance is heated it can result to a rise in?
Electricity and volume This happens because when the mass expands over heat the density expands which in turn makes the volume expand
What happens to the volume of your chest cavity when you inhale?
When you inhale the volume increases, because the chest cavity expands to hold your breath.It increases.
Is a body totally submerged in a liquid displaces a volume of water less than its volume?
A body which is totally submerged in a liquid displaces a volume of water equal to the volume of the body.
If matter expands to fill the volume of its container it is?
if matter expands to fill the volume of its container its a suspension.
