A spherical ball made of steel when dropped in a bucket full of mercury (hg) will ________.

sink to the bottom

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float on the surface

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will dissolve

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is A float on the surface
A spherical ball made of steel when dropped in mercury container will be partly immersed in mercury. So, the ball of steel will float on the surface of mercury.
Hence, option B is correct.

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