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-In [[physics]], '''buoyancy''' is an upward [[force]] on an object immersed in a [[fluid]] (i.e., a [[liquid]] or a [[gas]]), enabling it to float or at least to appear lighter. Buoyancy is important for many [[vehicle]]s such as [[boat]]s, [[ship]]s, [[balloon]]s, and [[airship]]s.
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-Buoyancy provides an upward force on the object. The magnitude of this force is equal to the [[weight]] of the displaced fluid.  ([[Displacement]] is the term used for the weight of the displaced fluid and, thus, is an equivalent term to buoyancy.)  The buoyancy of an object depends, therefore, only upon two factors: the object's [[volume]], and the [[density]] of the surrounding fluid.  The greater the object's volume, the higher the buoyancy.  The higher the surrounding density, the greater the buoyancy.
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-It should go [[Newton's first law|without saying]] that if the buoyancy of an (unrestrained and unpowered) object exceeds its weight, it will tend to rise.  And an object whose weight exceeds its buoyancy will tend to sink.
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-The atmosphere's density depends upon altitude.  As an [[airship]] rises in the atmosphere, therefore, its buoyancy reduces as the density of the surrounding air reduces.  The density of water is essentially constant:  As a [[submarine]] expels water from its buoyancy tanks (by pumping them full of air) it rises because its buoyancy stays the same (because volume of water it displaces stays the same) while its weight is decreased.
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-As a floating object rises or falls the forces external to it change and, as all objects are compressible to some extent or another, so will the object's volume.  Buoyancy depends on volume and so an object's buoyancy reduces if it is compressed and increases if it expands.
-If an object's [[compressibility]] is less than that of the surrounding fluid, it is in stable equilibrium and will, indeed, remain at rest, but if its compressibility is greater, its equilibrium is [[unstable]], and it will rise and expand on the slightest upward perturbation, or fall and compress on the slightest downward perturbation.
-The depth of a submarine tends to be unstable.  A submarine is more compressible than the surrounding water.  As depth increases, the resulting pressure causes the submarine's volume to decrease more than the volume of the surrounding water decreases.  Buoyancy depends upon the object's volume and the weight of the displaced fluid.  Volume has decreased so the the weight displaced has decreased which means a decrease in buoyancy and the submarine tends to sink further.  A rising submarine expands more than the surrounding water, the submarine tends to rise further.
-The height of a balloon tends to be stable.  As a balloon rises it will tend to increase in volume with reducing atmospheric pressure.  But the balloon's cargo will not expand.  The average density of the balloon decreases less, therefore, than that of the surrounding air.  The balloon's buoyancy reduces because the weight of the displaced air is reduced.  A rising balloon tends to stop rising.  Similarly a sinking balloon tends to stop sinking.
-==Archimedes' principle==
-<table align=right><td>[[image:Submerged-and-Displacing.png]]</td></table>
-It was the ancient Greek, [[Archimedes]] of [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], who first discovered the law of buoyancy, sometimes called Archimedes's principle:
-:''The buoyant force is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid''.
-The story of Archimedes discovering buoyancy while sitting in his bathtub is described in Book 9 of ''[[De architectura]]'' by [[Vitruvius]].
-The weight of the displaced fluid is directly proportional to the volume of the displaced fluid (specifically if the surrounding fluid is of uniform density). Thus, among objects with equal masses, the one with greater volume has greater buoyancy.
-Suppose a rock's weight is measured as 10 newtons when suspended by a string in a vacuum.  Suppose that when the rock is lowered by the string into water, it displaces water of weight 3 newtons.  The force it then exerts on the string from which it hangs will be 10 newtons minus the 3 newtons of buoyant force: 10&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;3 = 7 newtons.
-The density of the immersed object relative to the density of the fluid is easily calculated without measuring any volumes:
-<math>RelativeDensity = \frac { Weight } { Weight - ApparentImmersedWeight }</math>
-==Density==
-If the weight of an object is less than the weight of the fluid the object would displace if it was fully submerged, then the object has an average density less than the fluid and has a buoyancy greater than its weight.  If the fluid has a surface, such as water in a lake or the sea, the object will floats at a level so it displaces the same weight of fluid as the weight of the object.  If the object is immersed in the fluid, such as a submerged submarine or a balloon in the air, it will tend to rise.
-If the object has exactly the same '''density''' as the liquid, then it's buoyancy equals its weight.  It will tend neither to sink nor float.
-An object with a higher average density than the fluid has less buoyancy than weight and it will sink.
-A ship floats because although it is made of steel which is more dense than water, it encloses a volume of air and the resulting shape has an average density less than water.
-==Applications==
-* [[Anderton Boat Lift]]
-* [[Falkirk Wheel]]
-* [[Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory]]
-==See also==
-* [[Buoyancy compensator]]
-* [[Cartesian diver]]
-* [[Diving weighting system]]
-* [[Flotation]]
-* [[Hull (ship)]]
-* [[Hydrometer]]
-* [[Lighter than air]]
-* [[Naval architecture]]
-* [[Negative buoyancy]]
-* [[Pontoon]]
-* [[Quicksand]]
-* [[Submarine]]
-==External links==
-*[http://www.bigs.de/en/shop/htm/wssab01.html Falling in Water (Animation 1)]
-*[http://www.bigs.de/en/shop/htm/wasser01.html Falling in Water (Animation 2)]
-*[http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99x88.htm Falling in Water]
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