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How can you modify a dense solid substance to make it float in a less dense fluidd?
Jas66
If you had a scale, you could weigh the object to determine its mass. (Note that mass is not the same as weight, but the two are closely related insofar as we use weight to determine mass.) You could then carefully submerge it completely in water to determine how much water it displaced. That would tell you its volume. You would then divide the mass by the volume to get its density.
But what if you don't have a scale? Can you still determine its density? I think you can.
Place a known quantity of water in a graduated container. Carefully place the object in the container and note the change in the water level. Subtract the new water level form the old. That is the amount of water displaced by the object, which should be floating since it's less dense than the water. The weight of the water displaced by the object is equal to the buoyant force pushing up on the object.
What does this tell us? Well, since the object floats, we know that the buoyant force is equal (but opposite) to the weight of the object. In other words, if we know the magnitude of the buoyant force, we know the object's weight (and therefore its mass)! Now, you can divide its mass by its volume, which you determined earlier by fully submerging it.
Here's another wayDetermine how much water is displaced by the floating object. Then carefully fully submerge the object and record how much water is displaced. If you divide the first number by the second, you will know its relative density compared to the density of water!If the floating object displaces 100 ml of water and the fully submerged object displaces 150 ml, then the relative density is 100/150 = 0.667. Since the density of water is 1.00 g/cm3, that means the density of the object is 0.667 g/cm3.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoYou could float it in some other liquid other than water, such as salt water. Did you know that when you load a ship in fresh water the ship comes up some when it gets into the salt water of the ocean?
If it still does not float try floating it in Mercury.
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∙ 13y agoYou can increase the contact area between the object and the fluid by modifying the object by making it very flat or by attaching an object that has a much less density for example wings made of plastic on either side of the object like the wings of airplanes. the fast movement of the object over the surfice of the fluid can help.
2- Attaching air balloons to the object like flotation devises used in pool safety.
3- if possible you can increase the density of the fluid ,by for example by adding too much salt (with heating if possible) .
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4- The volume of water displaced by the object must weight the same as the object, by modifying the shape of the object to make it like a bowl.
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∙ 13y agoyes because liquid can be denser than say a beach ball that is why beach balls float in water.
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∙ 13y agoattach helium or just air balloons to the substance because both air and helium are lighter than any other substance including oxygen
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∙ 13y agoBy putting it in something less dense then itself.
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