0
If you're floating metal on water, there are only a couple or three metals that have a density so low that they'll float on water. Those metals are lithium, potassium and sodium. Any one of these will float on water, and they are listed in order of increasing density with sodium just a bit less dense than water. Note that all of these metals will react violently with water, so we're setting this issue aside here. Be clear about that.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoIt can float easly. Only some meetals can float! reasearch to find out wich ones.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agonot all metal but ones like in cooking pans do
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoLithium, Sodium and Potassium all float on water, but they all react violtenly with it, so mif you were looking for it to be used practically then they're not particularly good ideas.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoLithium, but it also reacts with the water to make hydrogen gas and lithium hydroxide. The hydrogen will burn.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agolithium, sodium and potassium
Anonymous
aaaaaaccchhhhhhooooo
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is least dense cork or lead?
Cork is less dense than water because it floats. Both glass and Mercury (a metal) are denser than water.
Record how high the foam floats in water?
Record how high the foam floats in water.
Why can some metals float on water?
Metals are more dense than water. This means that a piece of metal weighs more than water of equal volume. The force of gravity on earth is approximately equal to 9.8m/s^2 * mass of object(in kg). Since the metal weighs more than the equivalent volume of water, gravitational force on the metal is stronger than gravitational force on the water, causing the metal to be pulled towards earth, pushing the water aside. The reason ships float is because they are shaped to increase the volume of water they displace, but rather than being pure metal, they have lots of room for air, which has a very low density. The combined displacement makes the ship have a density lower than that of water, so the ship floats.
What Oil floats on water because it is denser true or false?
Oil floats on water because water is denser than oil.
What is more dense than water but floats on water?
a ship
How do you know the density of an object if it floats on water?
You do not. A metal ship, with density well above that of water, will float.
Which metal is light and float in water?
Usually aluminum floats because it is also quite light.
Which metal floats?
Lithium and sodium will both float on water, but not for long, because they're both explosively reactive with water.
Do cattail floats on water?
Yes. It floats on water
Can float on water?
Of course. Fresh water floats on salt water, warmer water floats on cooler water, and ice floats on any water.
How does ice floats on water?
It is less dense than water, therefore it floats on water.
What particle floats freely in metal?
an electron.
What is least dense cork or lead?
Cork is less dense than water because it floats. Both glass and Mercury (a metal) are denser than water.
Why kerosene floats on water?
kerosene floats on water because kerosene is less denser than water
Why wood floats on water?
the density of water is higher than the density of wood... & so an iron piece sinks & a ton of wood floats...
Record how high the foam floats in water?
Record how high the foam floats in water.
How can water float on water?
freeze water as ice cubes then put it on water and it floats Liquid fresh water floats on salt water Warm water floats on cold water (water's greatest density is when it is 4 degrees Celsius).
