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What Is Buoyancy Force
What Is Buoyancy Force
What Is Buoyancy Force
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BF = Wair - Wwater
Buoyant = Weight of - Weight of object
Force object in air in water
Condition of equilibrium of a floating
and sub-merged bodies
Positive buoyancy:
Buoyant force is greater than
weight so the object floats.
Neutral buoyancy:
Buoyant force is equal to
weight so the object is
suspended in the fluid.
Negative buoyancy:
Buoyant force is less than
weight so the object sinks.
A ship made of iron floats while an
iron needle sinks
• In the case of ship • Incase of iron nail which
which is hollow from is compact , the weight
within, the weight of of water displaced by it
water displaced by the is much less than its
ship is more than the own weight , hence it
weight of the ship sinks
hence it floats
Why do things float?
1. Things float if they are less dense than
the fluid they are in.