Tag: Fluid

Water has a number of exceptional properties, which distinguish it from other fluids. One is the anomaly of density. The Behaviour of Water at Different Temperatures Usually, substances expand when they are heated. But if you heat water starting at 0°C, you will notice something weird: At first, the volume of the…

When I jump into a swimming pool, I sink like a stone unless I flail about wildly, but when the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier – which is just a tad bigger and tad heavier than I am – jumps into the ocean, it floats with no effort whatsoever. What’s going on? Let’s…