What Factors Affect Floating?
1. Shape
2. Size
3. Construction
materials
Any material that has less density than the liquid on which
it is supposed to float.
There are many types of materials which float in water.
Some
materials which float on water are ...
- corks
- plastic items like containers, barrels and bottles
- cardboard
- some types of wood
- aluminium
- metal
- oils
- wax
- styrofoam
This video describes Archimedes Principle that states
The reason this video is significant because when creating a floating object, a ship or a raft, one must know the weight it has to carry in order to see if it will float or sink
This is another video that describes the same case using boats
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