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Salt water has salt and minerals in the water making it denser. When the water is denser it holds you up. The Dead Sea is so full of minerals and salt that you can just lay there and read. You don't even have to try. Salt water has salt and minerals in the water making it denser. When the water is denser it holds you up. The Dead Sea is so full of minerals and salt that you can just lay there and read. You don't even have to try.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agoSalt water is more dense than "fresh" water so your mass does not have to displace as much liquid if there is salt dissolved in it. Less displacement means you float higher in the salty water.
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∙ 14y agoBecause the salt dissolved makes it heavier, seawater has a higher density. Therefore an object with a certain density (a person) will float better in it than in water with a lower salt content (which has low salt content and a lower density). Oceans have a lot of dissolved salts, that makes the water more dense. Buoyancy, the tendency to make things float, is a function of how much liquid is displaced, and its density. More dense liquid, the same "weight" being floated, requires less liquid to be displaced. So you float higher / "more easily".
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∙ 10y agoBecause salt water has a higher specific density than fresh water. (Specific gravity of water is like the density of an object.) Imagine floating in fresh water that has a lower specific gravity, like frothy white water in a river. It is very hard to stay above the surface in that water. So you float higher in water that has a higher specific gravity. Another way to put this is that the lower the relative density (your density divided by the specific gravity of water) the easier it will be for you to float. If the Relative Density is greater than one, the object will sink. If it is less than one, the object (you, for example) will float. so much salt lifts you up. try the paper clip and paper towel trick sometime
In other words Salt water is heavier than fresh so therefore salt water can make you float.
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∙ 13y agoBecause salt water is denser than fresh water.
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Does objects that float in water float in salt water?
Yes. Salt water has a slightly higher density then fresh water which means its a little easier for things to float in salt water. So if it floats in fresh water it will certainly float in salt water.
Is it easier to sink or float in salt water?
it is easier to float, salt water has a higher density. The more salt, the easier it is to float.
Is it eaiser to float in salt water than fresh water?
It is easier to float in salt water than in fresh water.
Will wax float in salt water?
Yes because if wax floats in Bayer then it will definitely float in salt water because the salt in the sea water acts as a supporting agent and will help it to float. :)
Do objects float more in salt water or fresh water?
salt water
What makes it easy to float?
Salt Water, because it is makes things more buoyant.
Will a egg float in salt water?
Yes, and egg will float in salt water.
Does objects that float in water float in salt water?
Yes. Salt water has a slightly higher density then fresh water which means its a little easier for things to float in salt water. So if it floats in fresh water it will certainly float in salt water.
Is it easier to sink or float in salt water?
it is easier to float, salt water has a higher density. The more salt, the easier it is to float.
Will an objects float better in water or salt water?
an object will float on salt water best
Why does salt float?
Salt is soluble in water, doesn't float.
How do objects float higher in salt water?
Objects float higher in salt water due the density caused by the salt, the more salt present in the water the higher the object will float.
Will an egg float in salt water or tap water?
Eggs float in salt water but not in tap water, which is a fresh water. This is because salt water is more dense than fresh water.
Does salt float in water?
Yes . Egg float in salt water because salt water is much densier than pure water
Why does salt float in water?
Yes . Egg float in salt water because salt water is much densier than pure water
If you float in salt water what will you do in fresh water?
If you just barely float in salt water, you will sink in fresh water.
Is it easier to float in salt water or fresh water?
It is definitely easier yo float in salt water.
