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🧊 Why Ice Floats — 2D Buoyancy Cross-Section

2D companion of the ice-floats science short: a side cross-section of an ice cube in a tank with weight and buoyancy arrows, submerged fraction, bobbing oscillation and the water-level change when the ice melts in fresh or salt water.

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2D companion of the ice-floats science short: a side cross-section of an ice cube in a tank with weight and buoyancy arrows, submerged fraction, bobbing oscillation and the water-level change when the ice melts in fresh or salt water.

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