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A ship catches fire and its steel hull expands as it heats up what happens to the volume of water the ship displaces?
Odd but good question.
It's instructive to know a little about buoyancy. A floating object will always displace its own weight in water.
If I have an icecube that weights 10g and put it into some water, it will be semi-submersed. The volume of water it displaces is equal to the volume of the icecube that is under water. That volume, if it were water, would weigh the same as the ice cube.
So our ship has displaced it's own weight in water. When the ship is on fire, its weight does not change and so the displaced water weighs the same, hense its volume is also the same. Simple as that.
This is of course ignoring several very minor effects:
If fumes escape the burning ship, its weight will change slightly.
Our archimedes-style analysis also does not account for surface tension (which will change as water heats up around the burning boat and also as the hull expands) but I guarentee you this effect is too small to matter or perhaps even measure.
What else can I help you with?
What happens to the volume of water when it freezes?
Water is unique. It expands in volume when heated, and also expands in volume when frozen (hence, burst water pipes (unless insulated) when there is a thaw after freezing winter weather).
If matter expands to fill the volume of its container it is a?
if matter expands to fill the volume of its container its a suspension.
Is a body totally submerged in a liquid displaces a volume of water less than its volume?
No, a body totally submerged in a liquid displaces a volume of water equal to its own volume. This is known as Archimedes' principle, which states that the buoyant force acting on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by that object.
How many fluid does a submerged object displace?
An object submerged in a fluid displaces a volume of fluid equal to its own volume. This is known as Archimedes' principle.
When you freeze water and it expands does it melt more water than before?
No. Under controlled circumstances, when you freeze 1 measure of water, it expands to about 1 and 1/10th of a measure. When melted, it will once again equal 1 measure of water.
What happens to air's volume when it is heated?
It expands.
What happens to the volume of matter when it expands?
It increases.
What happens to the volume of most substances when they get hot?
It expands
What happens to volume of water when it freezes?
it remain the same as it has definite volume.
What happens to fresh water when frozen?
it turns into ice because of the temperature and expands in volume.
What happen to the volume of the air as it is heated?
As air is heated, its volume typically expands. This happens because the heat increases the kinetic energy of the air molecules, causing them to move faster and spread out, which in turn leads to an increase in volume.
what happens when an object displaces its volume in fluid?
When an object displaces its volume in a fluid, it experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces. This is known as Archimedes' principle. As a result, the object will float if the buoyant force is greater than its weight, sink if the buoyant force is less, or remain suspended at a certain depth if they are equal.
What is equal to the volume of water an object displaces?
The volume of water an object displaces is equal to the volume of the object itself, as stated by Archimedes' principle. This principle explains that the volume of fluid displaced by an object immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the object.
What happens to the volume of water when it freezes?
Water is unique. It expands in volume when heated, and also expands in volume when frozen (hence, burst water pipes (unless insulated) when there is a thaw after freezing winter weather).
If matter expands to fill the volume of its container it is a?
if matter expands to fill the volume of its container its a suspension.
If matter expands to fill the volume of its container it is?
if matter expands to fill the volume of its container its a suspension.
What does a submerged object displace?
a submerged object displaces liquid which is equal to its volume
