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OpenStudy (anonymous):

an object with density 1gram per cm cube sink or float in water?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

where ever u first place the object in water,it get's suspended.the object almost behaves like a water molecule having the same density.it remains as it is unless it is disturbed.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If it's denser than the fluid it is in, it will sink. If it is less dense it will float. If you are talking about water, water weighs 1 gram / ml = 1 gram / cubic cm = 1kg / liter = 1 metric ton / cubic m If your object weighs less than that, it will float on water.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The object is buoyed up (pushed up) by a force that is equal to the weight of the water that the object occupies that was previously occupied by the water. If you shape the object is in such a way that it occupies a volume of water whose weight equals that of the object, the object will float. If it occupies a volume of water whose weight is less than the weight of the object, the object will sink. Objects that are heavier than the same amount of water will sink. Things that are lighter than the same amount of water will float. If you push an empty bottle under water, you push a lot of water out of the way. That water would weigh much more than the bottle. The bottle will float. A rock put under water also pushes a lot of water out of the way. That water would weigh less than the rock, so the rock can sink.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when it is completely in the water,the net force is zero.think of newton's first law

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it remains the same

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks guys for all your answers

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