Can an object which is denser than water float on water?

Answer 1

This is only possible for very small objects, like a needle, if you carefully place it on the water surface. It can float due to something called "surface tension". The water acts as if it had a thin surface layer that has to be "broken". This is simply related to the attraction of the water molecules among themselves.

This is only possible for very small objects, like a needle, if you carefully place it on the water surface. It can float due to something called "surface tension". The water acts as if it had a thin surface layer that has to be "broken". This is simply related to the attraction of the water molecules among themselves.

This is only possible for very small objects, like a needle, if you carefully place it on the water surface. It can float due to something called "surface tension". The water acts as if it had a thin surface layer that has to be "broken". This is simply related to the attraction of the water molecules among themselves.

This is only possible for very small objects, like a needle, if you carefully place it on the water surface. It can float due to something called "surface tension". The water acts as if it had a thin surface layer that has to be "broken". This is simply related to the attraction of the water molecules among themselves.

Answer 2

You can build a ship's hull out of material such as steel, which is much denser than water, because the shape of the hull encloses a lot of air, and air is much less dense than water. The average density of the ship, as long as it contains air rather than being flooded with water, will be less than water, and the ship therefore will float.

Answer 3

An object which is denser than water can float on water when it has a specific shape which lends it buoyancy. For example, a sheet of iron will not float on water but if the same sheet is bent in shape of a bowl, it can float on water.

Answer 4

This is only possible for very small objects, like a needle, if you carefully place it on the water surface. It can float due to something called "surface tension". The water acts as if it had a thin surface layer that has to be "broken". This is simply related to the attraction of the water molecules among themselves.

Answer 5

Less dense objects float. More dense objects sink.

Remember the Archimedes Principle ; 'The weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced'.

Experiment; using say a house brick weighing say 3 kgs. . When immersed in water it will weigh say 2kgs. The other 1 kg is the weight of the ddisplaced water.

Answer 6

No, an object that is denser than water will sink in water. For an object to float on water, it needs to be less dense than water.

Answer 7

No. The substance must be less dense than the fluid to float.

Answer 8

It doesn't have to be dense. That will make it sink unless it's only a little dense.

anything <1 g/cm3 will float.

Answer 9

Cover it in something inflatable.

Steel is denser than water, but you can rest a paper clip on the surface of calm water due to a property of water called surface tension.

Answer 10

Sink, water with a density of 1 can sustain any object below the density of 1. Any object higher with a density higher than 1 will sink.