A body, which floated in water, sank when put in kerosene. Why did it happen?
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Answer:
It's all about density.
Water’s density is 1 g/cm³, and kerosene's density is about 0.8 g/cm³. In order for an object to float on both liquids, the density of said object should be lower than both liquids. That is, lower than 1 and 0.8 (0.78, 0.75, 0.6, etc).
If an object floats on water but sinks in kerosene, the density of the object must be between the density of kerosene and water (0.85, 0.9, 0.95, etc).
For example a piece of wood with density of 0.9 g/cm³ will float on water (0.9 < 1) but will sink in kerosene (0.9 > 0.8).
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Answer:
this is due to the high density of the body than that of kerosene
Explanation:
generally water has density of 1 g/cm^3 cm cube but kerosene has less density than water ,that is,0.81 g/cm^3. Therefore the body floated on water as it had less density than that of water but because of the low density of kerosene and high density of that body ,the body sank in kerosene.