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It depends on the density of a substance, if it can float or not. If its mass per volume is less than the one of water, it floats. That means overall that the same volume of water would have a bigger weight than the one of the ship... and it floats... By the way: The volume of water the ship pushes away (under the water line) while floating, has just the weight of the ship. So if you're talking about a certain water deplacement of a ship, you're actually talking about the ship's weight ;-). Vic

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