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Does lead float or sink in liquid mercury?
Lead floats in mercury.
If you drop a piece of lead into a pool of mercury will it sink or float?
Lead would float in mercury, as it is slightly less dense. (11.3 g/cc for lead, 13.5 g/cc for mercury)
Does a lump of iron float?
Solid iron will float in liquid Mercury. In most liquids it will sink.
What mass can float in mercury?
Most materials will float in Mercury because it is so dense. A lump of Lead will float in a bath of Mercury. The well-known metals Gold, Platinum, Tungsten, Uranium and Plutonium are more dense than mercury and would sink. More specifically, any material having a density less than 13593 Kg/m3 will float in a bath of Mercury.
Does a pen float?
A pen would sink and float
Does cork sink or float in mercury?
Oil is denser than cork, so the cork would float.
Would a quarter float in water?
It will sink in water, but it will float in mercury. Depends on what the liquid is.
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.
Is mercury sink or float if you placed in sea water?
Mercury is a heavy metal, it will sink in sea water.
Does lead float or sink in liquid mercury?
Lead floats in mercury.
Does copper wire sink or float?
A short piece may be supported by the surface tension of water, but a coil of copper wire would sink.
If you drop a piece of lead into a pool of mercury will it sink or float?
Lead would float in mercury, as it is slightly less dense. (11.3 g/cc for lead, 13.5 g/cc for mercury)
Can iron float in any liquid?
Solid iron will float in liquid mercury. In most liquids it will sink.
Would chromium float or sink in Mercury?
Chromium, with a density of 7.19 gm/cubic centimeter, will float on liguid mercury, with a density of 13.5 gm per cubic centimeter.
Does a lump of iron float?
Solid iron will float in liquid Mercury. In most liquids it will sink.
Can gold float on mercury?
Gold is a higher density than Mercury so it will sink if placed into a container of mercury.
The density of mercury is 5427 kgm3. If the density of water is 1.0 gmL will mercury float or sink in water?
1. The density of mercury is 13 534 kg/m3.2. Mercury sink in water.
