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Q: What the surface area of a paper clip?
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Why did the paper clip not float on the ethanol?

A paper clip does not float on ethanol because the surface tension of ethanol is not enough to support the weight of the paper clip. Evelyn Biologist


What is the hypothesis of make a paper clip float?

Distribution of the clip's mass and water's surface tension.


Explain how a paper clip can float in water?

Fill your container with water. Take a tissue, and rip it until you have maybe the size of half a dollar bill. Place the paper clip on the floating tissue. Poke the tissue with a pencil (not the paper clip), and when the tissue floats to the bottom, the paper clip will still be there.


How many paper clip can the surface hold?

when I did it I got up to 31 but had no more room in my bowl


Why a razor blade and paper clip float in the water?

it is due to the surface tension of water. due to the inter molecular forces present in between the molecules of water, the surface of water behave as a stretched membrane. blade and paper clip do not exert enough force to pierce the surface of water. so they flot over the surface of water.


Does a paperclip float in water?

Yes a paper clip is able to float in water. Take a bowl, fill it up to the top with water, take a paper towel and put it into the bowl, let it sit there for 3 seconds...then put the paper clip on it, and slowly remove the towel. This is able to work by Surface tension.Depending on the size, some paperclips can due to the high surface tension of water.


Does paper have a high air resistance?

No, because the paper has a smaller surface area.


What happens when a paper is crumpled?

Paper matter is condensed into a smaller surface area.


Who discover paper clip?

The paper clip was not discovered. It was invented.


What does a magnent do to a paper clip?

The paper clip clings to the the magnet


Why does a crumbled piece of paper have less air resistance?

When you crumple a paper you are decreasing the surface area. The less surface area, the less the wind can stop the paper. it also works because you are putting more weight on one area.


What weighs the same as a paper clip?

A red paper clip