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It depends on the density of the container whatever shape it is.
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What can float in the water?
Many things can float in water. An object will float based on 2 main factors. They are density and shape. If an object is too dense, it will sink. But why would shape matter? The shape of the object affects how the water is displaced. If the weight of the water displaced is more than the weight of the object that is touching the water, the object will float. So the shape affects how much water is displaced therefore determines if an object will float.
How does the salinity of water affect how well objects can float or sink in the water?
the higher the salinity the more easily an object can float
Does the shape of the object determines how fast it sinks in water?
No. Buoyancy depends only on total volume of water displaced and the mass of the object, not the shape of the displacement. However, if the change in the shape affects the volume of water displaced, then the bouyancy of the object is affected. Scuba divers with wet suits know that the volume of their wet suit compresses as their depth increases, causing the suit (and the diver) to become less bouyant.
Do people float more easily in salt water or fresh water?
An object floats because the amount of water it displaces weighs more than the object floating. If the fluid in which something is floating weighs more than water the object will float higher. When salt disolves in water it makes the water heavier, causing the object to float higher. The floating object can be a boat, a piece of wood or a person, it doesn't really matter. The principles of physics are applied equally.
The buoyant force on an object depends on its?
The ability of an object to float on a fluid is influenced by the object's buoyancy, which in turn depends upon at least three things: (1) the density of the object relative to the fluid; (2) the object's shape; and (3) the orientation of the object with respect to the surface of the fluid.An object that is less dense than the fluid (wood on water) will always float, regardless of its shape or orentation, and is thus always buoyant.An object that is more dense than the fluid (steel on water) will float only while the object's shape and orientation allow the object to displace more water than the object weighs. A steel boat floating upright on water is an example of a buoyant denser object.An object that is more dense than the fluid will sink if its shape and orientation do not make it buoyant, or if it is already fully immersed below the fluid line. A capsized steel boat will sink, for example, because its orientation with respect to the waterline no longer allows the boat to displace enough water to keep it buoyant.
Is wind erosion more powerful than water erosion?
not at all. water is by far more dense therefore liter per liter, its way heavier. erosion happpens when partices are rubbed off an object, changing its shape. because water is much heavier than air. frictional force due to the mass of water will do much more erosion to an object
What items change shape by heat?
If the heat in question is approaching the object-in-question's melting point, the object will become more and more fluid-like the further up to, and past, its melting point the temperature goes.
What if there are no elasticity?
if there is no elasticity means...there will be no deformation in shape and size...and one more thing is if we try to change the shape of the object and no elasticity means the object will break...
Can thread rolling be a hot working process?
tread rilling is a cold working procees but you can heat the object at a few tempreture. so the dies can be penetrate easily. if the temprature of object more increase the shape of the threads will damage at the time of penetration of dies
What can decease the surface area volume ratio of an object?
The object becoming more spherical. The object increasing in size, but maintaining a similar shape.
What does portable refer to?
It refers to the ability to transport an object. A 10 pound object is more easily portable than a 10 ton object.
Adding external protrusions to a wing (such as fuel pods water tanks and missiles) would be useful but what could one drawback be?
It can weaken the wing, it creates additional drag, and will produce a larger radar reflection.
