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Explain why a ship that is mostly made of metal float on the water?
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∙ 14y ago
It displaces water and is filled with air.
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Can you make metal float?
You can't make a bar of metal float on water, but boats with metal hulls float. Also, metal bars and other metal objects float on mercury.
How do you explain the weight of a ship and how it float on water?
An object will float on water if it has less density than the water.
Would a large metal ship float in the same volume of fresh water?
Metal ships are built to float.
Does flint sink in water or float in water. Explain why so?
sink?
Can a 3 wheeler float in water?
No. Bicycles are mostly made of steel, which does not float.
Does a sword float?
No, for a sword is made of metal and metal is heavier than water.
If gasoline is poured carefully into liquid water will it sink or float explain?
Float. Gasoline is less dense than water.
Why can metal float?
For something to float, it must displace the same amount of water as it weighs. Answer:To float in water, a solid metal object must be lighter than the water equivalent to its volume. This would make lithium (at S.G. 0.53) the only metal that would float in water.Objects which are hollow and made of metal float because the contained volume of the object divided by the weight of the object is less than 1 gm/cm3, the density of water. Solid metal objects can float in liquids which have a density greater than they exhbit thesmelves. As an example, almost all metals will float in mercury
Can metal float?
For something to float, it must displace the same amount of water as it weighs. Answer:To float in water, a solid metal object must be lighter than the water equivalent to its volume. This would make lithium (at S.G. 0.53) the only metal that would float in water.Objects which are hollow and made of metal float because the contained volume of the object divided by the weight of the object is less than 1 gm/cm3, the density of water. Solid metal objects can float in liquids which have a density greater than they exhbit thesmelves. As an example, almost all metals will float in Mercury
Data on making metal float?
You must displace as much water at the metal weighs. So there is equillibrium between the metal and the water.
Why do paperclips float on water?
Paperclips sink in water because they have a higher density. Unlike wood, a paperclip will sink not float.
Why does metal NOT float on water?
If the proposal is to float the metal on water, most metals won't float. That's because most metals are more dense than water and will sink. Note that this proposition sets aside any reaction that might occur between the metal and water. This is because there are some metals that react with water, and some react violently. See the link below to the related question about the metals that will float on water. There aren't many of them. If the metal you are considering isn't on the list of metals that willfloat on water, then it won't.
