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Explain Why an Iron Nail Floats on Mercury, but It Sinks in Water. Hint: Density of Iron is Less than that of Mercury, but More than that of Water. - Physics

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प्रश्न

Explain why an iron nail floats on mercury, but it sinks in water.

Hint : Density of iron is less than that of mercury, but more than that of water. 

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उत्तर

Density of iron is less than the density of mercury; hence, an iron nail floats in mercury and density of iron is more than the density of water; hence, an iron nail sinks in water.

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