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Anything heavier than water sinks; anything lighter than water floats.

Or, another way to say it: anything with a higher density than water (water weighs about a gram per cubic centimeter), or a higher specific gravity than water, sinks.

If the object weighs less than the weight of water that it displaces, then it floats.

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