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Ups and Downs: Buoyancy: Oh This Is Going To Be Fun

The document discusses buoyancy and Archimedes' principle. It provides examples of buoyant objects like wooden balls that float versus copper balls that sink in water. It explains that whether an object sinks or floats depends on the relative densities of the object and the fluid it is in. If an object's density is greater than the fluid's, it will sink, and if its density is less than the fluid's, it will float. Archimedes discovered that the buoyant force on an object equals the weight of the fluid it displaces. This principle explains that objects with densities greater than the fluid will sink and objects with densities less than the fluid will float.

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Ups and Downs: Buoyancy: Oh This Is Going To Be Fun

The document discusses buoyancy and Archimedes' principle. It provides examples of buoyant objects like wooden balls that float versus copper balls that sink in water. It explains that whether an object sinks or floats depends on the relative densities of the object and the fluid it is in. If an object's density is greater than the fluid's, it will sink, and if its density is less than the fluid's, it will float. Archimedes discovered that the buoyant force on an object equals the weight of the fluid it displaces. This principle explains that objects with densities greater than the fluid will sink and objects with densities less than the fluid will float.

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Ups and Downs: Buoyancy

Oh buoy
this is
going to be
fun
The Ups and Downs
• What are some examples of buoyant objects?
• If one places a copper ball in a pail of
water it will sink, whereas a wooden ball
will float. Whether or not a given object will
sink or float in a fluid is determined by the
buoyant force on the object.
Forces Acting on Buoyancy
• The buoyant force is caused by the
difference between the pressure at the top of
the object (gravitational force), which pushes
it downward, and the pressure at the bottom
(buoyant force), which pushes it upward
• Since the pressure at the bottom is always
greater than at the top, every object
submerged in a fluid feels an upward buoyant
force.
Buoyant force
Buoyant force on
the toy boat is big!
(total Density is less than that of
the water)

Displaced water

Gravitational force on
the toy boat is small

Buoyant force on the rock


is small

Gravitational
force on the
rock is big (as the
density of the rock is more
than that of the water)
Gravitational Force
• Objects also feel a downward force due to
gravity
• The difference between the gravitational
force and buoyant force on a object
determines if the object will sink, or float
• If the weight is greater than the buoyant
force, the object sinks, and vice versa.
• so that the difference between the buoyant
force and the weight is determined by the
relative density of the object and the fluid.
In particular, we come to Archimide's
principle, which implies that
Archimedes Principle
• This was discovered by Archimedes in approx
250 BC and it is now called the Archimedes
Principle.
• Story goes that the king thought that his gold
smith was stealing the gold from his crown and
hired Archimedes to prove it.
• Archimedes was in the bath one night and he
had a revelation… Thus, he reasoned that the
buoyant force on an object must be equal to the
weight of fluid that object displaces
• If the weight of an object is greater than
the weight of displaced fluid, it will sink,
wherease if the weight of the object is less
than the weight of displaced fluid, it will
rise (density).
• if a bar of gold will not float and it should
have the same density as the king’s crown
(just a different shape) than the same
amount of water should be displaced
This is what happened…
• Archimedes put the crown and the gold into the
bath tub and look what happened. Which one
has more density?
• so that the difference between the buoyant
force and the weight is determined by the
density of the object
• It’s cumulative density was less than the
gold bar…the crown was not pure gold
• Word has it that Archimedes was so excited
about his discovery that he jumped out of the
bath and ran down the street naked yelling
“Eureka” (or “I have found it”)
• His discovery is still used today and it is called
the Archimedes Principle –
The buoyant force on an object immersed in a fluid
is equal to the weight of a fluid the object
displaces
Or
A solid object will sink in a fluid if it’s density is
greater than the fluids density and will float if it is
less than the fluid’s density
Which one would have more
buoyant force?

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