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This question is misguided. Density is a property which pertains to the entire substance, not to particles. It is the mass per unit volume. In general it is more dense substances which sink. Thus grains of sand will sink in water. In order to float, an object has to displace a volume of water whose mass is the same as the object. If the object is more dense than water, by definition it cannot do this, so it sinks.

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