Weigh a Submerged Mass

Ball attached to a spring scale hovering over a beaker of water
PIRA: 
2B40.10
Area: 
2 Fluid Mechanics
Topic: 
2B Statics of Fluids
Concept: 
Density and Buoyancy

 

Lower an iron ball into a beaker of water and note the change in apparent mass.

Alternately, lower the ball into a full container, catch the overflow, and mass the extra water. The beaker may also be held in a bucket suspended from another spring scale.

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