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Tell a little about buoyancy

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14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Buoyancy is the upward force on an object produced by surrounding liquids or gas in which it's immersed due to pressure difference of the fluid between the top and bottom of the object. (ability of an object to float in a liquid) (upward force that keeps an object afloat) For an object to float it needs to have a lesser density then water If an object weighs more than it's buoyancy it sinks, if it weighs less, it floats.

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