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If the proposal is to float the metal on water, most metals won't float. That's because most metals are more dense than water and will sink. Note that this proposition sets aside any reaction that might occur between the metal and water. This is because there are some metals that react with water, and some react violently. See the link below to the related question about the metals that will float on water. There aren't many of them. If the metal you are considering isn't on the list of metals that willfloat on water, then it won't.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoyou can make a razor blade float by surface tension or a sheet of aluminum foil will float. try it.
metal ships float by displacing more water than they weigh.
but a random hunk of metal sinks because it weighs more than the water it displaces.
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∙ 6y agoSilver floats on water just fine if you shape it into a boat which displaces a volume of water that weighs more than the silver itself does.
A solid cube or sphere of silver does not float in water because the density of silver is considerably greater than that of water.
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How will you determine if something will float in water?
If the object, when submerged in water, displaces a volume of water whose mass is greater than its own, then it will float. The density of the material from which it is made is not the key as can be seen from the fact that ships made of metal will float.
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 do you make metal float but not on water?
I can make a iron nail float. Simply melt some lead and the iron will float on top of the lead. Your question seems to be with regard to how do Boats float and the answer is Bouyancy. The Boat displaces a volume of water and if the weight of the displaced water is less than the weight of the boat, the boat will float.
Does a flat piece of metal have air trapped within its sides?
if you place a flat piece of metal on water will it sink or float
Why a heavy object float in water?
The density of most of the woods are less than 1. That's why they are floating in water. The buoyancy force of water will help the woods to float on water if it's density is less than the density of water.
Can you make metal float?
You can't make a bar of metal float on water, but boats with metal hulls float. Also, metal bars and other metal objects float on mercury.
Would a large metal ship float in the same volume of fresh water?
Metal ships are built to float.
Does a sword float?
No, for a sword is made of metal and metal is heavier than water.
Why can metal float?
For something to float, it must displace the same amount of water as it weighs. Answer:To float in water, a solid metal object must be lighter than the water equivalent to its volume. This would make lithium (at S.G. 0.53) the only metal that would float in water.Objects which are hollow and made of metal float because the contained volume of the object divided by the weight of the object is less than 1 gm/cm3, the density of water. Solid metal objects can float in liquids which have a density greater than they exhbit thesmelves. As an example, almost all metals will float in mercury
Can metal float?
For something to float, it must displace the same amount of water as it weighs. Answer:To float in water, a solid metal object must be lighter than the water equivalent to its volume. This would make lithium (at S.G. 0.53) the only metal that would float in water.Objects which are hollow and made of metal float because the contained volume of the object divided by the weight of the object is less than 1 gm/cm3, the density of water. Solid metal objects can float in liquids which have a density greater than they exhbit thesmelves. As an example, almost all metals will float in Mercury
Data on making metal float?
You must displace as much water at the metal weighs. So there is equillibrium between the metal and the water.
Why do paperclips float on water?
Paperclips sink in water because they have a higher density. Unlike wood, a paperclip will sink not float.
Explain why a ship that is mostly made of metal float on the water?
It displaces water and is filled with air.
Can magnesium float on water?
Metals have a high density and they feel heavy so as magnesium is a metal it will not float in water due to the tight compression on the molecules packed in it.
How will you determine if something will float in water?
If the object, when submerged in water, displaces a volume of water whose mass is greater than its own, then it will float. The density of the material from which it is made is not the key as can be seen from the fact that ships made of metal will float.
Is mercury sink or float if you placed in sea water?
Mercury is a heavy metal, it will sink in sea 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.
