2006-11-16 09:02:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
In the way that you put it, the Titanic did sink because it (eventually) had too much density. When the ship sailed, most of the space inside was air, so it didn't matter the density of the metal; the average density was much less than that of water, so it floated. When the tanks were holed below the waterline and filled up with water, the average density increased. Eventually, the ship as a whole became more dense than water and sank.
2006-11-16 09:12:37 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, technically, yes. While the density of the SHIP was within accepted ship limits, when its hull was pierced, water rushed in to fill the empty spaces which had previously made the WHOLE of the ship lighter than water.
With these spaces full of water instead of air, the density of the entire ship was greater than that of water, so it sunk.
But the REASON that the density of the ship increased was because its hull was pierced by an iceberg!
2006-11-16 09:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by A Box of Signs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
It sank because when it punched out its side on an iceberg, the hull filled with water - making it much, much heavier.
2006-11-16 09:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It had its compartments real close together so that when one filled up with water, the rest were quick to follow.
2006-11-16 09:04:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the frition between the boat's speed and the speed of the iceberg that the captain didn't see before preventing the crash.
2006-11-16 09:05:22 · answer #5 · answered by agent_starfire 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it hit an iceberg and got a hole in it.
2006-11-16 09:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by jessi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋