Buoyancy, Photo 1 of 5

This image is part of the sequence Sc: Buoyancy

Credit: GIPHOTOSTOCK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Buoyancy. Photo 1 of 5. The upward buoyancy force on an object immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid (Archimedes' principle). It follows then that depending on the density of a solid object relative to the density of a liquid (such as water), the object will either sink or float on the surface. In this photo, polystyrene bits are floating but steel nuts are at the bottom of a beaker filled with water. See C001/7479 to C001/7483 for others in the series.

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Keywords: archimedes, beaker, buoyancy, buoyant, demonstration, density, education, educational, experiment, float, floating, fluid, force, liquid, nut, physics, polystyrene, principle, science, scientific, steel, styrofoam, water, weight

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