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The Physics Teacher -- December 1998 -- Volume 36, Issue 9, pp. 557

Archimedes’ principle without the king’s crown

Thomas Bruce Daniel

Physics Department, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas 66762-7501

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A concrete demonstration of Archimedes’ principle of buoyancy without direct reference to density is described. Floating and sinking are explained in terms of the weight and shape of objects. This can be effective with students who have not mastered ratios.

© 1998 American Association of Physics Teachers

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

water, hydrostatics, force, weighing, volume measurement, Archimedes’ principle, floating, sinking

PACS

  • 45.05.+x

    General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

  • 01.50.My

    Demonstration experiments and apparatus

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0031-921X (print)  

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Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.880136


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