Saturday, April 3, 2010

Why does an intact orange float but a peeled orange sink?


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Basically, it is because the skin of an orange is porous and contains airbags. It traps air which causes the density of an orange to be denser than water. When the orange is peeled, it loses its buoyancy, the density of the remaining parts of the orange(pulps) , which consist of water and solid masses, is denser than water and will sink.

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