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No. The buoyant force on an object is the portion of its weight that appears to vanish

when the object is in any fluid (could be either a liquid or a gas).

If the object happens to float in a particular fluid, then the buoyant force at that moment

is equal to the object's weight.

Notice that the buoyant force on an object will be different in different fluids.

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An object in a liquid has a buoyant force and is lifted by the weight of the liquid which it displaces?

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On a force diagram are gravity and weight the same thing?

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