Pressure & Buoyancy
Try this: Find a block that sinks in water but floats in mercury.
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About this simulation
Release a block in a tank of fluid and find out what actually decides whether it floats.
Taught in Pressure & Buoyancy
- hydrostatic pressure
- Archimedes' principle
- density
- apparent weight
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