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Experiment No2

This document appears to be an experiment report on buoyant force and specific gravity. It includes an introduction outlining the objectives and importance of the experiment. The methodology section describes the materials used and procedures followed. The results and discussion section presents specific gravity values computed for aluminum, brass and copper samples and compares them to accepted values, calculating percentage errors. It also shows calculations for buoyant force. Several example problems are given in the questions section relating to buoyant force, specific gravity, mass and weight.

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Experiment No2

This document appears to be an experiment report on buoyant force and specific gravity. It includes an introduction outlining the objectives and importance of the experiment. The methodology section describes the materials used and procedures followed. The results and discussion section presents specific gravity values computed for aluminum, brass and copper samples and compares them to accepted values, calculating percentage errors. It also shows calculations for buoyant force. Several example problems are given in the questions section relating to buoyant force, specific gravity, mass and weight.

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Pontifical and Royal

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS


College of Architecture

Experiment No. 2

Buoyant Force and Specific Gravity

CAMILLO, Francine Jhnea E.


FELIX, Angela Carmela C.
GARCIA, Marion Jeuss C.
LAPUZ, Nathalie Joyce E.
MANALO, Adrian
ROMERO, Mikaella Disney D.
SANTOS, Graziangeli G.

2AR3
I.
ABSTRACT

II.
INTRODUCTION

Objectives

Background Topics

Importance of the experiment

III.
METHODOLOGY

a. Materials

b. Procedure

VI.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Aluminum Brass Copper


Specific gravity (SG)A = 2.3 Specific gravity (SG)B = 7 Specific gravity (SG)C = 8
Accepted value (AV)A = 2.7 Accepted value (AV)B = 8.6 Accepted value (AV)C = 8.9
WS = 0.25 N WS = 1.4 N WS = 0.8 N
W0 = 0.14 N W0 = 1.2 N W0 = 0.7 N

Aluminum
Buoyant force FB = WS – W0 = 0.11 N
Specific gravity (SG) = Computed value (CV)A = 2.3
AV −CV
Error percentage = X 100 = 14.81 %
AV
Brass
Buoyant force FB = WS – W0 = 0.2 N
Specific gravity (SG) = Computed value (CV)B = 7
AV −CV
Error percentage = X 100 = 18.60 %
AV

Copper
Buoyant force FB = WS – W0 = 0.1 N
Specific gravity (SG) = Computed value (CV)C = 8
AV −CV
Error percentage = X 100 = 10.11 %
AV

V.
CONCLUSION

VII.
QUESTIONS/PROBLEMS

1. A solid object has a specific gravity of 12 and its mass is 15 kg. What is the buoyant
force of the object when submerged in freshwater?

SG =12 g/cm3 = 0.012 kg/m3

m = 15 kg

FB = (m) (SG)

= 0.18 N

2. Find the mass and weight of a steel bar whose buoyant force is 1000 N. Steel’s specific
gravity = 7.8.

FB=1000N

SG = 7.8 g/cm3 = 0.78 kg/m3


m = FB / SG

= 1000 N / 0.78 kg/m3

= 128205.13 kg

w = (m) (g)

= (128205.13 kg) (9.8 m/s2)

= 1256410.27 kg

= 1.26 x 106 kg

3. A floating body has greater buoyant force in seawater than freshwater. Why?

- Seawater’s density is greater due to salt.

4. A wooden block of volume Vo has a density of 0.600 kg/m 3. If the block is made to float
on fresh water, what percentage of its volume is underwater?

VIII.
REFERENCES

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