Density and Buoyancy Lab Report

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Melissa Ramsahai Lab #10: Density and Buoyancy Lab Partner: John Adams Theory overview When calculating the area, A, of a block that has a width, w, height, h, and length, L, we use the following equation, A=L*w. With that same block, if we were to calculate the volume, we use the equation, A=Ah=L*w*h. IF we want to take the next step and calculate the block’s density, ρ, we would use the following equation, ρ=mv. Where m, is the mass of the block in grams. Water has a density of 1 gram per centimeter cubed or 1000 kilograms per meter cubed. Any object with and density that is less then that of water will float. When looking a beaker of water of depth, x, the water has a weight of F=mg and a pressure calculated using Forcearea. Therefore, Pwater=FAbeaker=mgAbeaker=(ρwaterAbeakerx) gAbeaker=ρwaterxg. In a liquid, the pressure is consistent in all locations as long as the depth remains the same. In figure 2, the pressure below the block is the same as the pressure of the water at the same depth, but not any lower or higher than this specific depth. The buoyancy force of the water pushing up on the block is Fbouyancy=PwaterAblock=ρwaterxgAblock=mdisplaced waterg. The weight of the water displaced by the block is equal to the buoyancy force upward on the block. Note, the volume of the water displaced by the bock is the volume of the block, which is under water. If not in motion, the buoyancy force upward on the block is balanced by the weight of the block. Using this information, we can calculate the amount of the block that should be underwater using the following, mblackg=Fbouyancy=mdisplaced waterg therefore, ρblockVblock=ρwaterVdisplaced water →ρblockh=ρwaterx. Experimental Overview The purpose of this lab is to measure volumes and masses to compute density, and measure displaced volumes and buoyancy forces. First, we measured the radius of the

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