EXPERIMENT 2: ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE

OBJECTIVE
To determine the buoyant force from Archimedes’ Principle.

HYPOTHESIS
The buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the water displaced.

APPARATUS
Retort stand -1
Spring balance / Balance -1
3 Set of Block (Wood, Metal, Plastic) -1
Beaker -2
Eureka beaker -1
Scissor -1
String

PROCEDURES
1. Weight the mass of empty beaker.
2. Hang the spring balance at the arm of retort stand.
3. Tie the wooden block and hang to the spring balance.
4. Record the weight of the block in the air as Figure2a.
5. Fill the Eureka beaker with water.
6. Set the apparatus as Figure2b.
7. Then, lower the arm of the retort stand tied with the block gently.
8. Let the block arise/sink in water.
9. Record the weight of the block in Table 2a.
10. Water will be displaced from Eureka beaker into the other beaker.
11. Record the mass of the displaced water in the beaker in Table 2a.
12. Repeat the above procedures by using the plastic and metal blocks
Figure 2a Figure 2b