And what does it have to do with density?
2006-11-26 06:16:47 · 2 answers · asked by honeybunny09@sbcglobal.net 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
That's more physics than chemistry! But anyway...
A buoyant force, is that force which tries to push a body out of a medium. Like put a ball in water, and there's a force which pushes it back up.
This mass of medium displaced is obtained by multiplying the volume of the medium displaced due to the ball by the density of the medium. By multiplying the mass with acceleration due to gravity (9.8 ms-2 on Earth), you get the buoyant force.
2006-11-26 06:26:14 · answer #1 · answered by notscientific 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you put a solid in a liquid he receives a push equal to its volume multiplied by specific mass of liquid (Archimedes)
The specific mass is related to the density
2006-11-26 14:20:38 · answer #2 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋