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Buoyant Force in Liquids

by Dr. Walter Fendt, Augsburg, Germany
http://home.augsburg.baynet.de/walter.fendt/physengl/buoyforce.htm
Lower blocks of various densities into a fluid whose density you control. The force necessary to support the block while lowering it is shown. A nice simulation lab for Archimedes' Principle.
Dr. Fendt has a collection of physics applets on his site.

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