Beaker Ball Balance Problem

Veritasium
Contributed By
Veritasium
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
veritasium science physics Ball Balance beaker buoyancy buoyant force forces tension scale balls ping-pong ball heavier lighter water
Subjects
Science
Related Resources

Beaker Ball Balance Problem

Acrylic Ball: http://bit.ly/BBBacrylic

Ping-Pong Ball: http://bit.ly/BBBpingpong

Balanced: http://bit.ly/BBBbalanced

This problem has made the rounds on the internet but I felt it deserved a treatment like this.

Special thanks to Gary and the Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences at UCLA, to the students for participating, to Ivy for helping me coordinate everything and to Raquel for filming.

Music by Kevin MacLeod, http://incompetech.com "Monkeys, Spinning Monkeys"
Author
Dr. Derek Muller
Publisher
Veritasium

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