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Ball In Bowl Of Beans

Description

Demonstrate buoyancy and density Classes Used: PHYS 101

Purpose

To demonstrate how density affects buoyancy

Apparatus

Bowl with Beans Ping Pong Ball Steel Ball

Setup

- Insert ping pong ball deep into the beans. - Place steel sphere on top of the beans. - Shake bowl and sphere moves to bottom and ping pong ball moves to the top. - The density of the beans is somewhere in between that of the steel ball and ping pong ball. Updated on 06/10/13

Notes

Demo room information

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Current State Working
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