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How does an empty cardboard box float?

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Which exerts more pressure on the ground an empty cardboard box or the same piece of carboard after it has been flatened for recycling and why?

the empty cardboard box because pressure decreases with increase in area of surface. pressure = force / area. thus pressure is indirectly proportional to area...


Can an object made of cardboard float?

Usually - yes. Objects made of cardboard can float - at least until they become saturated with water. Even a sheet of cardboard will float initially. If the cardboard is coated with something that prevents the cardboard underneath from soaking up water, the object can continue to float for quite a while. Once it becomes saturated with water, cardboard will have more difficulty floating. Since it is made from paper - which derives from wood pulp - even when wet, it will tend to float rather than sink because wood is usually a bit less dense than water. Since it may not be JUST paper, it may depend on what else was added as to whether it will still float when soggy. It all depends on the average density. Note that as it becomes soggy, cardboard may tend to disintegrate - at which point it would just be a mass of mush rather than recognizable as cardboard.


How do you make a can float on water?

If the can is empty, and you avoid water from entering it, it will float without any trouble.


How much does a empty container weigh?

About 75 LBS when you weigh the bottom and cardboard incert together


How much weight can cardboard hold?

Use some standard of cardboard wt. per square ft, as a box has six sides, you have (length x width + length x height + width x height) x 2 x lb/ sq ft or if in metric kg/ sq m. Get net weight by subtracting cardboard wt from box wt. One standard cardboard box wt. in US is 0.13 kg/ sq m. This number will vary in US and, may be quite different in other countries.

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Does an empty cardboard box sink or float?

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Where do you get a flat empty soda box?

Use a cardboard box! Save the Earth! RECYCLE! ?


Which exerts more pressure on the ground an empty cardboard box or the same piece of carboard after it has been flatened for recycling and why?

the empty cardboard box because pressure decreases with increase in area of surface. pressure = force / area. thus pressure is indirectly proportional to area...


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It is in the cardboard box you received buy mistake on your bed click on the empty box and a minigame will come up.


How much does an empty 19 x 11 x 12.5 cardboard box weigh?

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What is a cardboard box?

It is a box made out of cardboard


What is a box made of cardboard?

A cardboard box.


What is the noun of cardboard box?

the noun is 'box'. the adjective describing that noun is 'cardboard'


When was The Adventure of the Cardboard Box created?

The Adventure of the Cardboard Box was created in 1892.


Can an object made of cardboard float?

Usually - yes. Objects made of cardboard can float - at least until they become saturated with water. Even a sheet of cardboard will float initially. If the cardboard is coated with something that prevents the cardboard underneath from soaking up water, the object can continue to float for quite a while. Once it becomes saturated with water, cardboard will have more difficulty floating. Since it is made from paper - which derives from wood pulp - even when wet, it will tend to float rather than sink because wood is usually a bit less dense than water. Since it may not be JUST paper, it may depend on what else was added as to whether it will still float when soggy. It all depends on the average density. Note that as it becomes soggy, cardboard may tend to disintegrate - at which point it would just be a mass of mush rather than recognizable as cardboard.


You are going to make a box out of cardboard The box needs to measure 10cmx5cmx5cm 10 of the cardboard will be wasted in the cutting process How much cardboard do you need?

250cm


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