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A piece of wood floats both in water and kerosine, in which liquid does it sink moreduring floating? Why? |
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Answer» Answer: It's all about density. Water’s density is 1 g/cm³, and kerosene's density is about 0.8 g/cm³. In ORDER for an object to float on both liquids, the density of said object should be LOWER than both liquids. That is, lower than 1 and 0.8 (0.78, 0.75, 0.6, etc). If an object floats on water but sinks in kerosene, the density of the object MUST be between the density of kerosene and water (0.85, 0.9, 0.95, etc). For EXAMPLE a piece of wood with density of 0.9 g/cm³ will float on water (0.9 < 1) but will sink in kerosene (0.9 > 0.8). |
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