Buoyancy&Archimedes principle

Buoyancy&Archimedes principle

1. also expressed as upthrust

2. The upward force experienced by a body when partly or wholly immersed in a fluid is called upthrust or buoyant force

3. Vector quantity

4. when a body is partially or wholly immersed in a fluid,it experiences an upthrust,whichis equal to the of the fluid displaced by the immersed part of the body

   • this was discovered by scientist ARCHIMEDES while he was bathing in his BATHTUB!!!

5. SI unit is NEWTON [N]

6. It is affected by.....

   • Acceleration due to gravity
   • Density of a fluid
   • volume of the fluid diplaced

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