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Q: What fraction of a piece of aluminum will be submerged when it floats in mercury?
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Will aluminum sink or float in mercury?

Aluminium will always float in Mercury. The mass of the Aluminium is irrelevent. If you think of a more common example does it matter how big the piece of wood is as to whether it floats in water? Aluminium floats in Mercury because it is lighter than the same voluime of Mercury just as wood floats on water because it is lighter than same volume of water.


Is hydrilla a submerged plant?

It Floats It Floats


Do an object that floats in water will sink in mercury?

If an object floats in water it will also float in the much denser mercury


Why iron bob floats in mercury?

the iron bob floats in Mercury because it density is less than mercurys density


Does lead float or sink in liquid mercury?

Lead floats in mercury.


Does ice floats in Mercury?

Yes. Ice floats in water because it is less dense. Mercury is over ten times denser than water. So ice easily floats in mercury.


If iron floats in Mercury what does that mean?

It means that mercury is denser than iron.


A submerged object that neither sinks nor floats is called?

I am pretty sure its neutral buoyancy.


Why iron ball floats on mercury?

Mercury is more dense than iron, causing it to float on the surface of mercury.


Why iron nail floats on mercury but sinks on water.?

Iron has a higher density than water, so it sinks in water; but is less dense than mercury so it floats.


Does a mango float in water?

maybe or maybe not


Why do boat made from aluminum foil float in xenon gas?

it floats because the xenon gas particles are heavier that the aluminum foil's.