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Does any metal float?


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  1. Normally materials that are denser than water (they have more mass per unit volume), such as metals will sink.
  2. In order to float , something just needs to have less density than water . Water is 1gpercm3 , so anything less than that will float.
  3. There are three metals that are light enough to do this, lithium, sodium and potassium , however , they are also highly reactive and basically explode when they touch water.

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