Timeline for How deep would a body of water have to be for a cube of lead to suspend in it?
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| Oct 31, 2016 at 16:08 | comment | added | nasu | Only if the piece of lead fits very tightly into the column so no water can go around it. Then you will have it sitting on the column of water, like a piston. But then the depth is not relevant as long is more than a few mm. | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Wayne Werner | Would the diameter of the column holding the water change the required depth, e.g. a column that's 2" wide vs. say the Pacific Ocean (only much, much deeper?) | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 15:56 | history | answered | Michael | CC BY-SA 3.0 |