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.
it would depend on the density of the liquid and the penny. if the penny is lighter then the liquid in density, then it will float. if it is heaver in density then it will sink
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One example might be Mercury. At a density of 13.5 g cm-3 it would float a copper penny which is only 8.9 g cm-3. HOWEVER: DO NOT TRY THIS, because mercury is a significant poison, and can be directly absorbed into the skin.
Anything that sinks in water, has a higher density than water. Remember, not all pennies are pure copper anymore.
a penny sinks in water because the penny is denser than water,so even if the penny is on the moon,its density is still larger than water,and the penny would still sink.
A penny sinks.
does Arsenic float or sink
It will sink in water, but it will float in mercury. Depends on what the liquid is.
A short piece may be supported by the surface tension of water, but a coil of copper wire would sink.
Yes and no. Rubber bands can float and sink in water. They will float on the water for awhile and then will sink. But not all the time the rubber bands will float on the water for awhile. Sometimes it will immediately sink.
no he would most likely sink
It will float. Its a rock. It actually depends on how much water you have, if you you tried float it in the ocean, it would obviously sink. But if you tried to float it on a gladd or bowl or water, it would float,
water has a density of 1. For something to float, the density of the object would have to be under 1, and to sink, it must be over 1. If it is exactly 1, then the object will remain suspended in the water. A penny has a density of over 1, so it sinks in water.
Float (on water).
They would float.
A Rock would obviously sink in water and a egg would float in salt water Believe it or not bowling balls that are denser than water float!
sink
a solid ceramic object would sink. however, if the object is displacing enough water proportional to it's weight, then it will float. If you put an empty glass bowl in the water, it will float; but if you allow water in, it will sink. This applies to ceramics.
I have a marker which float in water.
A penny would sink in a river because a penny is made mostly of zinc, which is heavier than water. Because the penny is heavier than water, it sinks.
it would sink
Yes
does Arsenic float or sink