An iron nail sinks in water but a ship made up of iron floats in water
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Iron nail is more compact and has lesser volume. As density increases with decrease in volume, the iron nail sinks.
Large ships on otherhand is made of metals which has more volume and surface area. As a result volume increases and density decreases.That's why iron ships float on water and iron nail deos not.
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answer- A nail made of iron sinks in water, but a ship made of iron does not. The reason is that a nail is solid and the density of iron is greater than that of water. The weight of the nail is more than the buoyant force of water on it. So the nail sinks in water. On the other hand, the ship is hollow and the empty space contains air. This makes the average density of ship less than that of water. Therefore, a ship floats on water