Timeline for How to measure buoyancy of multiple items at home (without fancy lab equipment)
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Jan 26, 2018 at 16:07 | comment | added | J. Murray | @SteveG.Jones The buoyant force on the object is the weight of the displaced water. If the object is denser than water then this force is not enough to overcome gravity (so it won't float), but its apparent weight while submerged will be equal to its actual weight minus this buoyant force. It's possible that you're using a technical definition of "buoyancy" which is specific to divers, though. Is that what you're looking for? | |
Jan 26, 2018 at 13:52 | comment | added | Steve G. Jones | This would work for objects that float (or some weight would need to added to make it sink), but not if the object is negatively buoyant and ends up sitting on the bottom of the bucket. The amount of water it has displaced will then only partially capture the buoyancy of the object, right? | |
Jan 26, 2018 at 10:01 | history | answered | QuIcKmAtHs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |