Density & Buoyancy

Float, Hover, Sink

Comparing object and liquid density

  • Primary school
  • about 4 min
  • 2 of 3 in the family
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🐟buoyancyweightFloats

Object material

Liquid

0.60<1.00→ floats

It comes down to comparing densities. Less dense than the liquid → it floats (only part submerges). Equal → it hovers. Denser → it sinks. That is why a body of density 1 g/cm³ (a bag of water) just hovers in water.