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Archimedes' Principle

Archimedes' Principle states that the buoyant force acting on an object partially or fully submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The principle can be used to calculate densities of fluids by comparing the weight of an object in air versus submerged. Examples demonstrate how objects float or sink depending on if their weight is greater or less than the weight of the fluid they displace.

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Archimedes' Principle

Archimedes' Principle states that the buoyant force acting on an object partially or fully submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The principle can be used to calculate densities of fluids by comparing the weight of an object in air versus submerged. Examples demonstrate how objects float or sink depending on if their weight is greater or less than the weight of the fluid they displace.

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6 Archimedes’ Principle
object

water

Is it the weight of the object in air is same


with the weight of the object in water?
Buoyant Force
Buoyant force

weight

Buoyant force is an upward force resulting an


object wholly or partially immersed in a fluids.

Buoyant force = Actual weight, W1 – Apparent weight, W2


Continue…..
Archimedes’ Principle state that

for a body immersed wholly or partially in a fluids, the


upward buoyant force acting on the body is equal to the weight
of the fluid it displaces.

Liquid displaced
by the object

buoyant force  weight of liquid displaced


 Vg
Example 1

A stone weights 2.5 N. when it is fully submerged in a solution, its


apparent weight is 2.2 N. Calculate the density of the solution if its
volume displaced by the stone is 25 cm3. [g = 10 ms-2]

Solution:

Buoyant force = Actual weight, W1 – Apparent weight, W2


= 2.5 – 2.2
= 0.3 N

Buoyant force  Vg


0.3   (25  10-6 )(10)
0.3
   1200kgm 3

25  10-6  10
Continue…..

Weight of object = Weight of liquid displaced

 0V0 g  1V1 g

Weight of object > Weight of liquid displaced


 0V0 g  1V1 g

Weight of object > Weight of liquid


displaced

 0V0 g  1V1 g
Example 2

The figure shows an orange which sink in liquid A but floats in liquid B.

Liquid A Liquid B

Which is the correct inference of the above observation?


A Liquid A is more dense than liquid B
B Liquid A is more dense than the orange
C Buoyant force of liquid B on the orange is equal
to the weight of the orange
D Volume of the liquid A displaced by the orange
is smaller than the volume of the orange
Application of Archimedes’ Principle

Submarine rises
Submarine sinks

 When water purged out of  When ballast tank are filled


the ballast tank, buoyant force with water, buoyant force is less
is greater than the weight of than the weight of the submarine.
the submarine.
 So, the submarine sinks.
 So, the submarine rises.

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