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An object with an overall density of less than 1 gram per cubic centimetre will float in water if it is designed to displace its own weight in water (Archimedes's Law). This means shaping the object until the volume it occupies is at least the same as an equivalent volume of water. This is the reason why ships built of steel, which has a density greater than water, float.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoWater has a density of 1 gram of mass for each cc (or ml) of volume.
An object with a density of less than 1 gram of mass for each cc of volume will float in water.
An object with a density of more than 1 gram of mass for each cc of volume will sink in water.
(But it may float in other liquids, depending on their densities.)
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∙ 15y agoThe density of the object has to be less than the water's density which is 1.0.
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∙ 14y agoIt will float. Notice the decimal point in front of the .7, indicating that it is smaller or lighter than the whole number of 1.0.
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∙ 14y agoAny substance rarer than one (1) gram per centimetre cuber, or than one (1) kilogram per litre.
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∙ 14y agoit will float.
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∙ 11y agoLess than the density of water.
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What is floats in water What density?
An object will float in water if it has LESS density than the water.
How do you know the density of an object if it floats on water?
You do not. A metal ship, with density well above that of water, will float.
How could you determine if an object has greater density than water?
It will sink when you put it in water. If it floats it has less density then water.
If an object floats in water what can you tell about its density?
You can tell that it is less dense than water which has a density of 1 cc
How do you find density of an object in water?
If the object floats it is less dense than water, if it submerges it is denser than water.
When you compare the density of water or air with another object how can you tell which has the lower or higher density?
-- If the object floats in water, then its density is less than the density of water. -- If the object sinks in water, then its density is more than the density of water. -- If the object floats in air, then its density is less than the density of air. -- If the object sinks in air, then its density is less than the density of air.
What is floats in water What density?
An object will float in water if it has LESS density than the water.
What will happen to an object placed in water if the object's density is less than the density of water?
We both know it floats
An object that floats on the surface of water?
the amount of density
WHAT happens to a solid object with a density that is less than the density of water when it is placed in water?
It floats
How do you know the density of an object if it floats on water?
You do not. A metal ship, with density well above that of water, will float.
Why does an object float or sink when placed on the surface of water?
An object floats in water if the object's density is less than water's...Conversely, an object will sink if it's density is greater than that of water.
Where does the ability of an object to float or submerge in water depends on?
ability of an object to float or submerge depends upon the density of the object and on the density of the liquid in which it is submerged if the density of an object is greater than the density of the liquid then the object submerges in the liquid and when its density is less than the density of liquid then it floats on the liquid as in submarines when it takes water in its hollow tank its density increases and it submerges and when it pushes out water from its hollow tanks its density decreases and ot floats on water
How could you determine if an object has greater density than water?
It will sink when you put it in water. If it floats it has less density then water.
What is the density of an object that floats in H2O?
Water has a density of exactly 1. Anything below 1 will floatin water.
If an object floats in water what can you tell about its density?
You can tell that it is less dense than water which has a density of 1 cc
What happends to a solid object with a density that is less than water when it is placed in water?
it floats
