Can you swim or float in alcohol?

Answer 1

You could swim in it but it would be much more difficult and tiring than swimming in water, and the fumes of the alcohol would make it very difficult to breathe. Alcohol also has a lower density than water, which would make it impossible for you to float.

Answer 2

No. They both promptly dissolve into each other.

That's not quite true.
Alcohol and water are miscible (dissolvable) in all proportions which is what you are inferring.
However, alcohol is lighter than water, and thus can be made to float on water.

Try this experiment:
Half-fill a test tube with water. Colour some clear alcohol (everclear or rubbing alcohol) with a drop of food colouring (for visibility).
Using an eyedropper, carefully place one or two drops of the coloured alcohol on top of the water.
The alcohol floating on the surface shows that alcohol is less dense (0.8 gm/mL) than water (1gm/mL).

Answer 3

Anything that is lighter than alcohol, and not soluble in it, will float on alcohol.

Isopropanol--the pure form of rubbing alcohol--has a specific gravity of 0.786 grams/cubic centimeter. If the thing you're trying to float on the isopropanol weighs less than that, it'll float.

Answer 4

No they wouldn't. The reason why some substances float on others is because they have different densities. Although water and alcohol do not have the same density, they will not have separate layers because they will simply mix.

Answer:

Layered drinks are the speciality of many bars. Liquors with the highest density (most water and sugar) are at the bottom. The secret is to pour each layer gently onto the preceding layers. In the case of alcohol/water the same "trick" would work. If agitated or stirred the liquids would demonstrate their miscibility (ability to mix)

Answer 5

It is lighter (or less dense) than water. See link below.

Answer 6

A cork floats in water but not alcohol. I LOVE JUSTIN DREW BIEBER!