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the mass of the paper clip weighs too much for the buoyant force of the water to push up to the surface of the water.
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When you put a paperclip on water and then put one drop of soap why does it sink?
The soap makes the water less dense so the clip sinks. If the object weighs more than the water it takes to fill up the room of the object, it sinks. Other way around with flaoting.
Why do paperclips float on water?
Paperclips sink in water because they have a higher density. Unlike wood, a paperclip will sink not float.
What makes a sink drip?
Answr: Water
What makes you sink when walking on water?
density
How does heat capacity makes water a good heat sink?
If a body of water has a high heat capacity, it can store more thermal energy making it a good heat sink.
Is mass what makes things float or sink in water?
no!!
Why bodies do not sink in the salty water?
The salt makes the water dense and the object must be heavier like metal or a ship to sink.
What force makes a golf ball sink in water?
Gravity.
Why would a ball filled with sand would sink in water?
The sand puts weight on it and it makes in sink.
What makes an item to float or sink in water?
This depends on the density of this item: more denser than water-sink, less denser than water-float.
What makes us float?
We float or there is a possibility you can sink. You sink when you are heaver than the mass of the water. You float when you are lighter than the mass of the water.
Why did the paper clip fall to the bottom of a bowl of water?
The paper clip is more dense than the water, and it will sink. Water does not have sufficient buoyancy to support it. As regards density, the metal in the paperclip has more mass per unit of volume than the water does.
