Bucket and Cylinder
Category : physics
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A Bucket and Cylinder apparatus is a classic piece of equipment in mechanics used to demonstrate the principle of Archimedes and buoyancy. The set consists of a hollow metal bucket and a solid metal cylinder that fits perfectly inside the bucket's volume.
When the cylinder is hung from a balance and immersed in water, it loses a certain amount of weight (buoyant force). When the volume of water equal to the cylinder's volume is poured into the bucket, the weight lost by the cylinder is exactly compensated, and the balance returns to its original reading. This setup vividly proves the principle that the buoyant force on a submerged object equals the weight of the fluid it displaces.
