We look at whether a floating mass registers on a digital mass scale.
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Teachable Topics
- Free Body Diagrams
- Fluid Statics
- Buoyancy
Theory
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Apparatus
- Low Density Masses
- Digital Mass Scale
- Beaker
- Water
Procedure
- Fill a beaker with water and place it upon the scale. If you want, you can zero the scale.
- Place the low density mass in the water and see that it floats.
- Note the mass balance reading.
Safety
- This experiment presents no safety hazards.
