Archimedes' principle and floating bodies
Dip objects of different density in water, oil, mercury or brine. Read apparent weight on a spring balance, find buoyant force = weight of displaced liquid, and see when a body floats or sinks.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 9. Mechanical Properties of Fluids |
| NCERT section | 9.2 |
| Level | NEET level |
| Time | about 12 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: Archimedes · buoyancy · density · floating · apparent weight
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