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All substances will float on water if you engineer them into a thin enough flattened out sheet and curve the edges up slightly as to displace enough water such that the weight of that volume of water that is displaced is heavier than the constructed piece of material.
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∙ 13y agoLikely the Titanic (Well it used to float.) or a different ocean liner or icebreaker ship.
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How does a raft float?
A raft is very buoyant, and displaces very little water, the material it is made from is lighter than water, which makes them float very well.
What is the density of most of construction materials?
Does it float or does it not float? If it floats it is lense dense than water, 62.4 lbs/cubic ft. Wood is about 40 lbs/ cu.ft.--it floats. Concrete is 150 lbs. / cu.ft. -- it does not float.
How did the bull float get its name?
A Bull Float got its name because it is the first float used on concrete and other surfaces to get the first water off and begin to smooth the surface. The term Bull refers to the fact they are large and rather clumsy to use.
How a toilet 'knows' when to stop filling the tank?
Toilets use float valves. These are air filled balls that float on the water, as the cistern fills with water the ball floats higher. The ball is attached to an arm connected to a valve, when the ball reaches a predefined level the valve closes, shutting off the water to the cistern.
What are water ways often used for?
Drink swim cool down cooking float stuff washing laundry
Can the density of 0.770 will the substance float in water?
No it will not float because water is .01 and anything heaver will sink.
Why does a icebreg float?
water is the only substance on earth where its density is HIGHER when liquid, and LOWER when solid. a substance will float on top of another if its density is lower than the other substance. so because the ice has a LOWER density it will float on top of the water
Why does colored sugar float in water?
any substance (colored or not) with a density less than 1 will float on water
Ice floats in water does frozen HNO3 float in liquid HNO3?
Besides water, a substance in solid form is more dense. At the least dense substance floats, HN03 will not float in liquid HN03. ;)
How will knowing the density of a substance help you determine wether an object made from that material will float in water?
If it is lower it will float
How would a substance with a density of 0.95 gmL behave when placed in both oil and water?
When two substances do not mix with each other, the less dense substance will float on the more dense substance. Vegetable oil floats on water. If the mystery substance with d = 0.95 g/mL does not mix with water, then it should float on top of water. If the mystery substance with d = 0.95 g/mL does not mix with vegetable oil, then it should sink in vegetable oil.
Will an object with a density of 2 float in water?
No. Objects will only float in water with a density that is less than 1. This is not always true if another substance is in the water, such as salt.
Which things floats in water?
Any substance with a density less than water will float in it. Anything with a specific gravity less than 1 will float.
Why do needles float on water?
Needles float on water because needles are less dense than water. This is partially because the water is so much larger of a substance than the needles.
What is a substance with a density less than 1 gram a milliliter?
Such a substance will float on water, if that's of any help.
Is gold the heaviest substance?
No.What_is_the_heaviest_substance_on_the_planet
Why is density needed to know whether a substance will float or sink in water?
It's actually pretty easy. If the density of the substance is higher than the density of water, the object will sink. If the density of the substance is lower than the density of water, the object will float. Be aware though that various substances may have dissolved into the water, thus changing its density. For example, seawater has a different density than fresh water.
