Floating of Iron Needle – Rankers Physics
Topic: Solid and Fluids
Subtopic: Surface Tension and Viscosity

Floating of Iron Needle

A small iron needle placed slowly on the surface of water floats due to
Surface tension
Viscosity
Gravity
Both (2) & (3)

Solution:

The needle floats on the water surface because of surface tension, which creates a stretched membrane-like behavior on the surface of the water.

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