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After a human body dies, it begins to decompose and this causes gases to accumulate which will cause the body to float, temporarily.
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Name something that floats?
Boat, Bubbles, Inner Tube, Ball, Humans, crap, human body
Why do a dead body floats in water even it is heavier than the living body?
Its density, not weight that counts when deciding what floats.
How is the weight of water displaced by a floating body related to the weight of the body itself?
As the body floats then the weight of the body and weight of displaced liquid would be equal to each other. Hence it floats
Can high voltage be applied on human body?
Yes , high voltage can be applied on a body but it is dangerous and it can cause certain death of the person.
What floats and does not float?
A pencil floats, a human no float, a feather floats, paper floats, ice floats, keys do not float, rocks do not float, coins do not, flip flops float. Second answer: I think you meant to ask, 'What floats and then some time later starts to sink. If that is what you meant, the answer is: There are absorbent substances which float when dry, then after absorbing water while they are floating, they increase in density and then sink.
Why does a human body float?
The uman body floats in water because its density is just under that of water.
Why a human body floats on water?
Because you will always have air in your body , if u let it all out you will sink
Name something that floats?
Boat, Bubbles, Inner Tube, Ball, Humans, crap, human body
Does buoyancy have anything to do with your human body being able to absorb water?
no, buoyancy is when something floats on water
How much hydrogen is in the human body?
Most of the hydrogen in our body floats around in the form of water. The human body is about 60% water and hydrogen only accounts for 11% of that water mass. Thus, roughly 6.6% of a typical human's body mass is hydrogen.
Why man floats in the surface of water after death?
As the body decomposes, it releases gasses from the inside almost like a ballooning effect causing the body to "float".
What eats the human body after death?
Bad bacteria.
What happen after death oh human body?
you die
How can a part of human body be donated after death?
brain
What organ is growing in human body till death?
Ears
What does 12000 volts do to the human body?
A lot of pain, then death.
Why boiled rice sinks in water and dead body floats?
Rice is more dense than water , while the human body is very less dense than water
