Odd question I don't have an answer to.....

[Jcann]

If I remember correctly from dive school, salt water also exerts more buoyancy than fresh water. Hence what swampratt alluded to above.

 

[Okie4570]

If I remember correctly from dive school, salt water also exerts more buoyancy than fresh water. Hence what swampratt alluded to above.

Swimming in the Dead Sea is supposed to be quite the experience. Extreme buoyancy.

 

[swampratt]

You can add a bunch of salt to a glass of water until the water no longer dissolves the salt and float an egg in it.
Fun for the kids

 

[Jcann]

Swimming in the Dead Sea is supposed to be quite the experience. Extreme buoyancy.

When I was a kid we went to Salt Lake in Utah. I remember having to wade out a good distance to get in deeper water but once in it you could float really easy. I'm sure the salt content in the lake is much higher than in the oceans.

 

[jakeman]

When I was a kid we went to Salt Lake in Utah. I remember having to wade out a good distance to get in deeper water but once in it you could float really easy. I'm sure the salt content in the lake is much higher than in the oceans.

I float pretty easily in both fresh and salt water, cause I'm a bit of a lard ass.

 

[TedKennedy]

I'm almost sure a pound of fresh water weighs exactly the same as a pound of salt water.

 

[O4L]

But 16 ounces of salt water weighs more than 16 ounces of fresh water.

 

[MacFromOK]

But 16 ounces of salt water weighs more than 16 ounces of fresh water.

16 fluid ounces...

 

[TerryMiller]

But 16 ounces of salt water weighs more than 16 ounces of fresh water.

Are your "ounces" fluid ones or "weighty" ones?

 

[MacFromOK]

If I remember correctly from dive school, salt water also exerts more buoyancy than fresh water. Hence what swampratt alluded to above.

When I was a kid we went to Salt Lake in Utah. I remember having to wade out a good distance to get in deeper water but once in it you could float really easy. I'm sure the salt content in the lake is much higher than in the oceans.

We were taught this in elementary school, and Salt Lake was used as an example.

What made it stick in my mind, was a picture in the textbook (not a photo) of a family around a floating table-top with food on it, and they were all relaxed, floating, and eating sandwiches.

Probably a bit of overkill, but it did stay with me.