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Ivory Soap is less dense than water. A bar of ivory soap weighs less than the volume of water it would displace if it were fully submerged. Since the buoyant force is equal to the weight of the displaced water, that produces a net upward force on it. It will rise in the water until enough of it is sticking out of the water so that the buoyant force is equal (and opposite) to the soap bar's weight. When that happens, it floats, just like in the commercials.
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∙ 16y agoit is mostly composed of lipids which weigh less that water
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No, a bar of soap is to heavy to float on anything.
Why tomato float in water?
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The upward force of a liquid or air on an object that helps it float?
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Can bar soap float?
No, a bar of soap is to heavy to float on anything.
Why does a bar of soap float when its heated and please explain more throughly?
that's easy, molecules become very active when its heated so.... when a heated the molecules expand allowing the soap to seem more denser which makes it lighter and able to float
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Air
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