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If you dropped a cork in a container of water would it sink or float how do you know?
A cork would float in water because it is less dense than water. This means that the cork displaces an amount of water equal to its weight, causing it to float on the surface of the water.
What happens if a ice cube embedded with a cork melts?
If the ice cube melts, the cork will float on the liquid water that was previously frozen as ice. Cork is less dense than water, so it will float rather than sink.
Would a wooden cork sink in a tank of water?
No, a wooden cork would float in a tank of water because wood is less dense than water. The cork displaces an amount of water equal to its weight, which allows it to float.
Does lead float or sink in liquid mercury?
Lead will sink in liquid mercury because lead is denser than mercury. Mercury is a heavy liquid metal, so most metals will sink when placed in it.
How can you use the density of an object to predict whether it will sink or float?
First, what will the object be floating on? The principal to your question is: for an object to float, its density must be equal to or less than the density of the liquid on which it is to float. A brick will float on top of mercury, because mercury is more dense than the brick. A cork will float on water because the cork is less dense than water. The same works for gases. An aluminum baking pan will float on the invisible gas sulfurhexaflouride because SF6 gas is more dense than the baking pan.
Does cork sink or float in mercury?
Oil is denser than cork, so the cork would float.
Whould an aluminum ball sink or float?
Depends on the medium, and whether the ball is solid or not. A solid ball would float on mercury, sink in water. If it were hollow enough (or filled with, say, cork) it would float in water.
Will a cork sink in oil?
Yes, a cork will sink in oil because cork is less dense than oil. The buoyant force acting on the cork will be greater than its weight, causing it to float.
Will mercury float in ethanol?
No, mercury is denser than ethanol, so it will sink and not float.
Why do object flout or sink?
If it is heaver than water (or what ever liquid you put it in) it will sink. Lead will sink. A cork will float.
Is mercury sink or float if you placed in sea water?
Mercury is a heavy metal, it will sink in sea water.
Why does a wooden cork float in water but an iron nail sink?
Wooden cork is less dense than the water and the iron is not.
If you dropped a cork in a container of water would it sink or float how do you know?
A cork would float in water because it is less dense than water. This means that the cork displaces an amount of water equal to its weight, causing it to float on the surface of the water.
Can iron float in any liquid?
Solid iron will float in liquid mercury. In most liquids it will sink.
Would a wooden cork sink in a tank of water?
No, a wooden cork would float in a tank of water because wood is less dense than water. The cork displaces an amount of water equal to its weight, which allows it to float.
What happens if a ice cube embedded with a cork melts?
If the ice cube melts, the cork will float on the liquid water that was previously frozen as ice. Cork is less dense than water, so it will float rather than sink.
Does lead float or sink in liquid mercury?
Lead will sink in liquid mercury because lead is denser than mercury. Mercury is a heavy liquid metal, so most metals will sink when placed in it.
