The simple answer is that the density of air is less than the density of water. So a trashbag full of air will float on water.
The more complex answer is that floating vs sinking depends on the displacement of water.
Let's forget the trashbag, and think of a gallon milk jug.
A pint, a pound, the world around... a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds.
So, if you take a milk jug and fill it with air, it will weigh less than 8 pounds. Thus, it will displace less than 8 pounds of water and it will float.
Now, fill it completely full of water (try to eliminate all air bubbles). It might float a little bit due to the density of the plastic being less than water, but it will displace 8 lbs of water (a gallon of water), and then will essentially sink or submerge.
Now, empty the milk jug and add 4 lbs of lead shot. The jug will now displace 4 lbs of water (a half gallon) (the weight of the shot), and the rest of the jug will float.
Now try 10 lbs of lead shot. It still may have some air in the top. But, once it displaces the 8 lbs of water (1 gallon), it will have 2 more pounds of shot (which will now weigh 2 lbs in the water), and it will sink.
it is found that the weight of an empty flat thin plastic bag is not changed when the bag is filled with air why not?
A dry paper bag will float until it becomes saturated
What is THe Predict the mass of the bag with air?????
Usually helium, the lightest noble gas. You can make a balloon or bag float with hydrogen gas, but it is flammable. Pure nitrogen is only slightly lighter than air, so it would not lift very effectively.
Any gas that is more dense than air.Answer:It is a bit more complex than that - an air filled balloon would still fall because air has the density of air. In a normal inflated balloon the air in the balloon is compressed and has a density more than uncompressed air. If the "balloon" were a plastic bag wiith no air pressure above the pressure of the surrounding air, the balloon would still fall as the combined (average) density of the balloon/bag system is greater than the surrounding air. Even if the balloon were filled with a gas with a lower specific gravity than air the balloon wll fall if the compressed gas density excedes that of the surrounding air or if the combined (average) density of the balloon/bag or balloon system is greater than the surrounding air.
it is found that the weight of an empty flat thin plastic bag is not changed when the bag is filled with air why not?
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Hot air is less dense than cold air so it floats upwards. If you encapsulate this hot air with a bag and the lift produced exceeds the mass of the bag, the bag or balloon will be carried up with the hot air too.
The bag of empty bag is in the trash can that has the flies in it. You have to bring the trash can to the cotton candy then open the trash can and the flies will go to the cotton candy instead of you. After that you can dig in the trash to find the empty bag. Hope that helps!
Trash bags are a lot better than shopping bags because a trash bag can hold a lot more than a shopping bag. A trash can is larger and thicker than a shopping bag an trash bag can hold 5830 kg and a plastic bag can hold 5325 kg.
Yes, because its a bag filled with massive air
The garbage bag was first created in 1942 in Canada. Harry Wasylyk was the creator of the trash bag.
Each city or state has a certain trash bag.
Generally not, but if air is enclosed in the bag making density less than water then it may floats.
13 gallon is a standard household kitchen trash bag size.
You probably could put all the salad ingredients in a trash bag and shake it up to mix them, but the trash bag is probably not very sanitary. Trash bags are not sanitized or intended for food you plan to eat or serve.
A dry paper bag will float until it becomes saturated