0
Why will the penny float if you toss it in a wishing well full of a liquid denser than the coin?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
no it wuld float on surface......
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How can a penny float?
A penny will not float in water, mainly because it is denser than water. When the penny is placed in water, it displaces a volume of water equal to its own volume. Since the penny weighs more than the water it displaces, it will sink.So, in order for the penny to float, you must find a liquid that is denser than solid copper -- or whatever metal or alloy a penny is made of. Mercury -- which is a liquid at room temperature -- is denser than copper. Hence, a penny will float in mercury.Possibly surface tension may allow it to float.
Why will a penny float in cooking oil?
it will float bc the penny is so light that it should float.
How do you make a penny float?
the way to make a penny float is the same way as making an egg float.All you have to do is add salt alot until you see the penny float and that's about it
Would a penny sink or float in water?
When an object of volume V is submerged in a liquid, the object experiences an upward force equal to the weight of the fluid it has displaced (the weight of a volume V of fluid). Oil is less dense than water (the oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after the Deep Horizon catastrophe is an example of this), so a given volume of oil weighs less than the same volume of water. This means that a penny of volume V submerged in oil feels the weight of gravity pushing it down, and the weight of a volume V of oil pushing it up. The upward weight pushing the penny up is less in oil than in water, so the penny will sink faster in water, theoretically.
Why does a boat float in salt water but not a penny?
penny's aren't tall enough!
Which coins decompose faster in fresh water?
Maybe a penny cause it's least denser. But otherwise I don't know. Maybe a penny cause it's least denser. But otherwise I don't know.
Can you make a penny float?
Put it on a boat?
Why doesn't a penny float in the water?
because you're fat
Which liquid rusts a penny fastest?
Help me
Does a new penny float in hcl?
when the penny is reacted with HCl, there must be somesort of area where the copper on the outside of the penny is removed so that the HCl can react with the zinc inside because HCl does not react with copper. Once the HCl reacts with the Zn inside, it will dissapear and therefore become less dense then the ZnCl2 that is formed which causes the penny to float
What liquid will rust a penny and a paperclip the fastest?
oil
What liquid can clean a penny better?
baking soda
