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What are you putting it in? In a liquid with a high enough specific gravity it certainly will float. A small flake of it will float on water as well, supported by the surface tension of the water.
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∙ 14y agoA marble sinks because it weighs more than the volume of water it displaces (that is, it weighs more than the mass of water having the same volume as the marble). In contrast, a tennis ball is made of a thin rubber shell (which is slightly less dense than water), but more importantly, is hollow inside (and air is MUCH less dense than water). A tennis ball then weighs much less than the same volume of water, therefore it floats. See Archimedes principle.
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∙ 11y agoA marble has closer packed molecules than water and is thus more dense than water and thus sinks.
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∙ 13y agoMaterials that are less dense than water float, and materials that are more dense than water sink.
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Yes, marbles can float in the water.
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Does dolomite sink or float?
Float
Will scoria float or sink in water?
scoria will sink but pumice will float.
Do ALMONDS float or sink?
They sink and they float it just depends on the almond.
How do you get an ice cube to sink?
Ice can't sink hunny :) It is less dense then water (density= 1.0) and therefore, it can only float, not ever sink.
Inwater a steel will float or sink?
It really depends on the shape. A cube of steel will sink but a boat displaces less water due to its shape and floats.
Will a solid ball float or sink?
float
Will a perfect cube sink or float?
it depends what the cube is made out of it depends what the cube is made out of
Does crushed paper ball float or sink in water?
float
Would a cube that's 50 gram sink or float in water?
it would sink
What happens when you place an ice cube in a beaker of water does it float or sink?
float dua
Will 5 cm cube sink or float in seawater?
It depends on the density of the cube, not the length of its side.
Does tar float or sink?
It will float for a while than slowly sink because its density as a cube is Heavier than water (by the way waters density is 0.9-1.0 g and Tar is 1.02 g). I hereby conclude with all reasons that tar ( in a shape of a cube) will float then sink
Whould an aluminum ball sink or float?
Depends on the medium, and whether the ball is solid or not. A solid ball would float on mercury, sink in water. If it were hollow enough (or filled with, say, cork) it would float in water.
A cube measuring 2cm on each side weights 5g will it sink or float?
Calculate its volume. Divide mass by volume to get its density. Compare that to the density of water - assuming you want to figure out whether it will float or sink in water.
Does rubber ball float on oil?
it will, unless the specific gravity of the ball is greater that the oil, if it is, it will sink. But I doubt that it is
How can ice ice cube float?
It depends if the ice cube your talking about have the bigger density than the water which is 1.00G/ML then it will sink .... TO get the density of the cube u have u have to divide the mass over the volume of the cube..
Is the density of the human body greater than or less than one grqmper centimeter cube?
Your question is the same as "Do people sink or float in fresh water?" When I breath in, I float in the swimming pool; when I breathe out, I sink. Try it.
