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    Archimedes' Principle, Physical Law of Buoyancy, Discovered by The Ancient

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    Archimedes' principle states that any object partially or fully submerged in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The volume of displaced fluid is equal to the volume of an immersed or submerged object. If an object's weight is less than the weight of the displaced fluid, it will float, while an object heavier than the displaced fluid will sink, though it will experience an apparent weight loss equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The buoyant force is caused by increasing fluid pressure with depth due to the weight of fluid above, resulting in greater force being exerted on a submerged object at greater depths.

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    Archimedes' principle states that any object partially or fully submerged in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The volume of displaced fluid is equal to the volume of an immersed or submerged object. If an object's weight is less than the weight of the displaced fluid, it will float, while an object heavier than the displaced fluid will sink, though it will experience an apparent weight loss equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The buoyant force is caused by increasing fluid pressure with depth due to the weight of fluid above, resulting in greater force being exerted on a submerged object at greater depths.

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    Archimedes' principle states that any object partially or fully submerged in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The volume of displaced fluid is equal to the volume of an immersed or submerged object. If an object's weight is less than the weight of the displaced fluid, it will float, while an object heavier than the displaced fluid will sink, though it will experience an apparent weight loss equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The buoyant force is caused by increasing fluid pressure with depth due to the weight of fluid above, resulting in greater force being exerted on a submerged object at greater depths.

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    Archimedes principle, physical law of buoyancy, discovered by the ancient

    Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes, stating that any body


    completely or partially submerged in a fluid (gas or liquid) at rest is acted upon
    by an upward, or buoyant, force the magnitude of which is equal to the weight
    of the fluid displaced by the body. The volume of displaced fluid is equivalent to
    the volume of an object fully immersed in a fluid or to that fraction of the
    volume below the surface for an object partially submerged in a liquid. The
    weight of the displaced portion of the fluid is equivalent to the magnitude of the
    buoyant force. The buoyant force on a body floating in a liquid or gas is also
    equivalent in magnitude to the weight of the floating object and is opposite in
    direction; the object neither rises nor sinks. For example, a ship that is launched
    sinks into the ocean until the weight of the water it displaces is just equal to its
    own weight. As the ship is loaded, it sinks deeper, displacing more water, and so
    the magnitude of the buoyant force continuously matches the weight of the
    ship and its cargo.

    Illustration of Archimedes principle of buoyancy. Here a 5-kg object immersed in water is shown
    Encyclopdia Britannica, Inc.

    If the weight of an object is less than that of the displaced fluid, the object rises,
    as in the case of a block of wood that is released beneath the surface of
    water or a helium-filled balloon that is let loose in air. An object heavier than the
    amount of the fluid it displaces, though it sinks when released, has an apparent
    weight loss equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. In fact, in some accurate
    weighings, a correction must be made in order to compensate for the
    buoyancy effect of the surrounding air.

    The buoyant force, which always opposes gravity, is nevertheless caused by


    gravity. Fluid pressure increases with depth because of the (gravitational) weight
    of the fluid above. This increasing pressure applies a force on a submerged
    object that increases with depth. The result is buoyancy.

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