The discussion centers on whether a dense green object with a density of 1.2 g/cm³ will sink in a sealed water-filled pipe. Participants confirm that the object will indeed sink due to its greater density compared to water, which has a density of 1 g/cm³. The conversation also touches on the implications of the total weight in the pipe, but the primary focus remains on the sinking behavior of the object itself, independent of external factors like the pipe's stability.
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Meteor73 said:
davenn said:
That is the reason why the whole thing would fall over, not why the green object sinks inside.Meteor73 said:
Sorry, do you mean water in both pipes will fall, and vacuum creates at top??A.T. said:
He left out the clamps for the experiment in the diagram. Did we not automatically take that into account? If the possibility of toppling was meant to be discussed, wouldn't there have been a table top in the diagram?A.T. said:
sophiecentaur said:
Thanks Sophie, this is not the scope of the experiment. We can assume the pipe structure is well fixed, and just focus on what happen inside the pipe.