Chapter 3

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Forces And Pressure

Archimedes’ Principle
Archimedesʼ Principle
The buoyant force is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
The spring balance reading in (b), F2, is Spring
less than the spring balance reading in (a), F1, balance

due to the buoyant force of water on the stone.

Eureka can

Buoyant force = Weight of liquid displaced

F1 – F2 = mg Stone Wooden
Beaker
block

(a) (b)
Applications
Buoyant force = weight of submarine
Buoyant force = weight of submarine Sea surface
Tank partially filled with water
Float on sea surface Buoyant force < weight of submarine
Float in the sea Tank fully filled
with water

Sinking

The depth of a submarine in the sea depends on the magnitude of the buoyant force.

F The rising and falling of the

F = mg
hot air balloon depends on
the weight of air displaced.
mg
Buoyant force = Weight of the ship
Hydrometer
DECK LINE
LTF
TF
LF
LT F Acid
LS T
LW L R S
LWNA W
WNA
How deep the ship sinks below the sea
level depends on the density of sea water. Lead A hydrometer helps
It indicates whether the ship has entered shots to determine the
a tropical ocean or an ocean in the density of the liquid
temperate region. tested.

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