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If a object has buoyancy it floats. A object also needs to have a density less dense than the object you want it to float on. Example: if you want a inner tube to float and jewelry to sink you make them out of different materials.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoDensity is mass per volume. For instance, a 1 ml sample of pure water at 4 degrees C is about 1 mg, for a density of 1 mg/ml.
Buoyancy, on the other hand, is related to density of both the sample and the material it is contained in. If the density of the sample is smaller, the sample will float; if it is greater, it will sink.
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What property allows ice to float?
Due to hydrogen bonds, the density of water decreases as it freezes (decrease starts at 4oC). To see a full explanation of why ice floats in water, see the related question below.
Why do you think it's possible to float in the Great Salt Lake and sink in Horsetooth Resvoir?
Percentage salt content effects density and thus buoyancy
How does density affect buoyancy?
Ignoring shapes (using cubes), density (mass/volume) greater than "water" means it sinks. The floating object displaces its weight of the buoyant "object" (water, etc.)when it floats, but displaces its volume when it sinks.
How are coduction and convection alike?
conduction is transfer of energy due to direct contact, convection is due to density differences
What is the amount of fluid pushed aside by an object called?
Buoyancy
What is the effect of density on the buoyancy of an object?
greater density tends to less buoyancy
What is the relationship between density and buoyancy for objects and substances?
The higher the density the lower the buoyancy.
When does an object have positive buoyancy?
A body has positive buoyancy when its density is lower than the density of the fluid the body is in.
What are facts about buoyancy?
buoyancy has to deal with density, gravity, air, and water
How does the liquid density affects the buoyancy of objects placed in the liquid?
Yea
How does density effect bouyancy?
Buoyancy is the ability to float, so if the density is high, it'll hold up something. (see? FLOATING. BUOYANCY.)
The contact force that acts on objects in a liquid or gas and allows objects to float is called density or buoyancy?
buoyant force
What is buoyancy and how is it affected by density?
Buoyancy is the factor of things that float or sink. Density is related because if the object has more density than water, it will sink. But, if it has less density than water, the object will float.
What objects gives buoyancy?
Buoyancy is linked to density, density being how much material is packed into an object of a certain size. Objects with less density will generally be buoyant in more dense objects.
What objects have buoyancy?
If something has a density that is less than the density of the liquid it is in, it will float. Water has a density of 1 so anything with a density less than 1 will float.
What causes the buoyancy to increase or decrease?
Buoyancy force come from difference in density of the object and the surrounding. Buoyancy of the ship can change from the pay load inside its' space. More load per space reduce the buoyancy. For Balloon, buoyancy is change by increase temperature of gas inside to balloon since increase in temperature would cause gas to expand and had lesser density in its' cavity. In general, buoyancy increase or decrease by changing of density of the object or the surrounding medium.
Is buoyancy the same thing as density?
No they are complete opposites.
