• ID Code: F2-21
  • Purpose: Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
  • Description: A beaker of water is balanced by two brass weights. Stick your finger into the water about up to the first knuckle, the water side will go down. The water exerts a buoyant force on your finger, so your finger exerts a reaction to the buoyant force on the water, thereby causing the water side to go down.
  • Availability: Available
  • References: http://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/images/refs/refsf.htm#F2-21
  • Loc codes: F2, ME1
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