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If a container had in it a vacuum, would it float?
If a container that when it had normal air in it would float when placed in water, also float when inside it was a vacuum?
@Mars When you put it like that it does seem pretty obvious.... its midnight and i obviously need some sleep.
2 Answers
- 9 years ago
No. There is nothing for the container to float on in a perfect vacuum. It would be pulled down by the force of gravity. If this experiment was done is space it would float because there is no immediate gravitational pull impending on the container.
