If it is lighter than the oil, it will float, if not it won't. Most plastics are about the same density of most oils. Some will float some won't.
If it is lighter than the oil, it will float, if not it won't. Most plastics are about the same density of most oils. Some will float some won't.
A toy plastic block will float at different levels in vegetable oil, water, and corn syrup due to the varying densities of these liquids. The block will float higher in vegetable oil, which is less dense than water, and may float lower in corn syrup, which is denser than both water and vegetable oil. The specific level at which the block floats depends on the density of the liquid relative to the density of the block.
No.
yes.
plastic will float in water because it is lighter than oil
No. It will float on top
To float in olive oil the box needs to displace a volume of olive oil that has the same mass as the box - the less dense the oil (for example by being warmer) the more volume the box will need to displace to equal its mass. If it cannot displace a volume of olive oil that equals its mass, the box will sink. Or to put it another way, the box will float in olive oil as long as its density is less than that of the oil.
A plastic always sink in oil like a plastic bottle will always float in oil.
Yes... oil will float on top
To answer this you need to know the density of Olive oil and the density of the plastic.Olive oil has a density of between 0.8 - and 0.92 at standard room temperatures (you can look this up on the web).Your plastic object has a volume of 4 times 2 times 3 = 24 cubic centimeters and weighs 19.2 grams.One cubic centimeter of the plastic would therefore weigh 19.2 divided by 24 = 0.8 and this value is also its density (grams per cc).Thus the answer is that the plastic would float on the dense type of Olive oil but would be neutrally buoyant in the less dense types.
This depends on the type of the plastic material.
No. Ebony is one of the few woods that doesn't float in water. Oil is lighter than water so ebony won't float in that either.