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F2 Buoyancy

In this section are examples of bloating objects, Archimedes' Principle, and the forces acting on buoyant objects.

Articles
Image Title
F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's law, and Archimedes' law.
F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Demonstrate explicitly how a cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the cylinder is increased.
F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER
Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top and bottom surface, experience a buoyant force, as does a cylinder?"
F2-05 BUOYANCY - BOAT AND ROCK
Illustrates buoyancy
F2-06: BUOYANCY - SINKING BOAT
Illustrates buoyancy
F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar.
F2-08: BUOYANCY - BATTLESHIP IN BATHTUB
Illustrate Archimedes' Law in a counterintuitive manner.
F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way.
F2-11: HYDROMETER
Measure the density of a liquid.
F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon.
F2-13: BOUYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
Conundrum involving weight of an expanding balloon.
F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy.
F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-25: BALANCE PARADOX - BUOYANCY WITH CROSSOVER
Present buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element.
F2-27: Buoyancy Paradox - Two Spheres
To illustrate an interesting brainteaser about bouyancy
F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way.
F2-32: FLOATING SQUARE BAR
Illustrate buoyancy and the orientation in which a long square bar floats in a very dramatic way.
F2-41: DENSITY - SLOPE OF MASS VS VOLUME GRAPH
Determine the density of water.

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