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It depends upon its shape. A solid brick of lead will sink. A lead weight pressed into the shape of a bowl will float, because it displaces more water, and is therefore buoyant enough to float.
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Does lead float or sink in liquid mercury?
Lead floats in mercury.
If you drop a piece of lead into a pool of mercury will it sink or float?
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Will a marker float or sink in water?
I have a marker which float in water.
Does semen sink or float?
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Do marbles sink or float?
Sink
What makes an object sink or float?
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Does lead float or sink in liquid mercury?
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Why do object flout or sink?
If it is heaver than water (or what ever liquid you put it in) it will sink. Lead will sink. A cork will float.
If you drop a piece of lead into a pool of mercury will it sink or float?
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Do clothes float or sink?
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Will arsenic float or sink in pure water?
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Does dolomite sink or float?
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How do you make a chocolate sink or float?
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