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Sladkaya [172]
3 years ago
10

Why does a piece of cork float in water?

Chemistry
2 answers:
bazaltina [42]3 years ago
8 0
It has a density lower than 1
Sunny_sXe [5.5K]3 years ago
3 0
Cork floats in water because the cork weighs less than the amount of water that it would have to push up to sink. This basically says that since cork is less dense than water, it floats.
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