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Does wire float

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15y ago
Updated: 5/23/2024

Wire does not normally float as it is more dense than water.

Finely woven thin wire can be waterproof. A funnel with a fine wire filter will allow petrol to pass through but will hold any water back. If this filter mesh is made into a hollow shape, such as 1/2 a sphere, it will float just as a steel hulled ship floats.

The 1/2 sphere and the ship float because the combined density of the wire basket or the steel hull and the air inside them gives a total density less than that of water

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