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Salt actually increases buoyancy.
Yes, the temperature of salt water can affect buoyancy. Warmer water is less dense than colder water, so increasing the temperature of salt water can reduce its density and affect the buoyancy of objects within it.
No, adding salt to plain water does not change its buoyancy significantly. Buoyancy is primarily determined by the density of the liquid and the object submerged in it. Salt does increase the density of water, but the effect on buoyancy is only noticeable at very high concentrations.
The salt makes the water more dense ,so that objects can float on the water.
Because the density of salt water is higher.
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Yes, objects that float in water will also float in salt water. The buoyancy of an object is determined by its density relative to the fluid it is in, so adding salt to water does not affect this principle. However, the amount of salt in the water can affect the overall density of the water, which may impact how high an object floats in the water.
To decrease the buoyancy of water, you can add substances that are denser than water, such as salt or sugar. By increasing the density of the water, you reduce its ability to provide an upward force on objects placed in it, therefore decreasing their buoyancy.
more salt means more density so more buoyancy.
Adding salt to water increases the density of the water, which in turn increases the buoyant force acting on objects placed in the water. This increased buoyant force can make objects more buoyant and help them float more easily.
An egg floating in salt water. The salt makes the water more dense. Since the egg is less dense it floats!
Salt water is denser than fresh water. Since the buoyant force is equal to the weight of the displaced liquid or gas, an object of a certain volume will have more buoyant force pushing it up in salt water than in fresh water. It's sort of the same reason we can float on water but not in the air. Air is so much less dense than water that to float in it we need to displace a volume of it equal to the volume of a hot air balloon.