Buoyancy Flashcards

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Whats archimdedes principle

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The buoyant force on an object immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid that the object displaces

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Whats buiyancy

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Buoyancy is a property of all fluids, it is the upward part of the force exerted by fluids is called buoyancy

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How was the archimedesprinciple found

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King thought goldsmith kept some gold, to determin if the crown was made of pure gold, the put a bar of gold of the same mass in one water and crown in the other, more water was displaced in the crown because part was metal, the crown was more buoyant

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