Physics A-Level
Conditions for floating and sinking
What Conditions for floating and sinking means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Conditions for floating and sinking
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An object floats when upthrust balances its weight.
Topics that use Conditions for floating and sinking
- Density and pressure (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Density
- Density as a material property
- Origin of upthrust from a pressure difference
- p = F/A
- Pressure
- Pressure variation with depth in a fluid
- Archimedes’ principle and weight of fluid displaced
- Pascal
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