NAME: OLUWATOSIN AJIBOLA, ID: @02926842 NAME OF EXPERIMENT: ARCHIMEDES’ LAW PARTNERS: COLLINS NWAFOR OSHIONE ADAMS ‘TRINITY NEVETTE KEMI ADEDIRAN KIARA WALKEROBJECTIVE: ‘The purpose of this lab is to confirm the concept of Archimedes’ principle experimental. This lab also calculates the densities of a material in different mediums. THEORY: Every object has the tendency to fall down towards the centre of the earth due to gravitational force. However, some objects float in fluids. This is because of a buoyant force Fy on the object if it is completely or partially immersed in the fluid Fy = myg = pyVg ‘The mass of the object when completely submerged in water is given by Ma = PsV where p, is the density of the solid. ‘The apparent weight of the object, Myg = Mag ~ PyVg. Therefore, My =Ma— PyV = Ma MaPw Ifthe solid is immersed in a liquid other than water Mahi M,—M Pr To get the density of an unknown liquid, APPARATUS: Solid (metal) and liquid samples, beaker, balance, stand, thread, measuring cylinder. PROCEDURE: 1. Set up the apparatus. (2. Hang the string tied to the solid on the hook of the beam balance. Take down the reading when it is in air. 3. Filla measuring cylinder to the 100cm mark with water using a beaker. Put the solid in water and measure the apparent mass in water.5, Fill a measuring cylinder to the 100cm mark with alcohol. 6. Put the solid in alcohol and measure the apparent mass in alcohol. SOURCES OF ERROR: 1. The mixture of droplets of one liquid in another can affect the measurement of mass of the solid 2. The mass of the string can affect the measurement of the mass. CONCLUSION: ‘This experiment confirms Archimedes’ principle. The difference in mass of the solid in different media shows the effect of upthrust force of the liquid on the solid. It also shows that different liquids have different upthrust forces based on their densities. This experiment also shows that the density of a substance is approximately equal even in different media.