how can alot ...and I mean ALOT...of salt make you float ? like the dead sea?

Question

whats in the salt that makes you float?

Answer 1

dissolved salts in the water makes it denser than you are, and therefore you float. the density of pure water is asummed to be 1.00, i work in the soda-alkali industry and we produce sodium carbonate, and sodium chloride from natural deposits, the lake liquor density which is extremely saline and is supertsaturated has a density of about 1.25, in this liqour you cannot sink.

Answer 2

Much the same as said before, salt is denser than water and, furthermore...this is relevant since this makes it more dense than your body which is around 90% water (salt is obviously more dense than water: imagine yourself sitting on a pool of salt and it becomes VERY obvious you would float and, in fact, come close to being able to crawl on it).

So, in much the same way less-dense-than-water oil floats on the surface of water you float on salt water (note that, say, if the density is say 2 (salt water) over 1 (you) then 1/(2+1) = about 1/3rd of your body will be under water and that this formula does not work if you are heavier than the liquid you are in as if it's, say 2 (oil) over 3 (you) then it means you are sinking at a rate of about 3/(2+3) = 3/5 body volume constantly).

Answer 3

The high concentration of salt in the Dead Sea means that the water is denser than plain water. In other words, a gram of Dead Sea water will have a smaller volume than a gram of tap water. An ice cube floats because it is less dense than liquid water, so you float more easily in the Dead Sea because you are less dense than the highly concentrated saltwater.

Answer 4

When you eat lots and lots of salt, the salt will be hypertonic towards your body. This causes the water in your body to seep out by osmosis. This process will keep going on until your body has the same amount of dissolved matter in it. During the process, your body will lose weight.
This will cause your body to have a lower density thus lowering your density level making you easier to float.

Answer 5

has nuthin 2 do w/ salt, all of the salt does is make the water mor dense. w/o the something, water has a a million.0 density. nethin below tht floats on water. so u upload salt to water it united statesthe density. if u upload sufficient thn human beings and different issues are waiting to flow on the water, like in the lifeless sea

Answer 6

If there is a higher proportion of salt to water in the surrounding water than in your blood, the water you are floating in will be more dense than your body fluids, therefore you will float.

Answer 7

the salt provides bouyancy in the water - in 1988 the salinity was about 46% but now it has evaporated - may be higher

Answer 8

Salt is denser than water, that's why.

Answer 9

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