Home
Class 9
PHYSICS
State Archimedes' Principle. Why does a ...

State Archimedes' Principle. Why does a body undergo a loss in its weight when immersed in a liquid ?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Archimedes. Principle : When a body is immersed fully or partially in a fluid, if experiences and upward force that is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it.
When a body is immersed in a liquid, the buoyant force of the liquid acts upon it in the upward direction. Due to this reason these is an apparent loss in the weight of the body.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • GRAVITATION

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise ACTIVITY 10.1|2 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise ACTIVITY 10.4|2 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise Additional Numerical For Practice|16 Videos

  • FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise Question based on pracctical skill with answers(Select the appropriate option and complete the sentence :)|4 Videos

  • MOTION

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise FILL IN THE BLANKS |50 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

When body sink in liquid ?

How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood ?

Why does a flag (or ensign) flutter when there is strong wind ?

A simple pendulum has a time period T in vacuum. Its time period when it is completely immersed in a liquid of density one-eight of the density of material of the bob is