Student Manual | Anyone who has ever lifted a heavy submerged object out of water is familiar with buoyancy, the upward force that is exactly opposite to the direction of gravity's pull. It is a consequence of pressure increasing with fluid depth. The relationship between buoyancy and volume displaced is given by Archimedes' principle which states that "When a body is immersed fully or partially in a fluid, it experiences an upward force that is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it." |
Experiment Code | 1.29B |
Version | December 23, 2019 |
Further Readings and References
- BuoyancyConceptual Physics, Paul G. Hewitt,, pp. 252-258, (2012).