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How call you tell if a substance is more or less dense then water?
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∙ 12y ago
if it sinks its more dense if it floats its less dense
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The tendency of a less dense substance to float in a more dense liquid is called what?
The tendency of a less dense substance to float in a more dense liquid is called buoyancy. Acids are substances that form hydronium ions when dissolved in water.
When water freezes it unlike other substance?
Yes. Ice is less dense than liquid water. For virtually all other substances, the solid state is more dense than the liquid state.
What is the the force with which a more dense fluid pushes a less dense substance upward?
the buoyant force
When should an object float into a liqud?
An object will float when it has less density than the fluid or substance that it is placed in. The object floats upward due to buoyant forces. Similarly, objects will sink if they are dense than the fluid.
Icecubes float in water because they are less?
Dense
The tendency of a less dense substance to float in a more dense liquid is called what?
The tendency of a less dense substance to float in a more dense liquid is called buoyancy. Acids are substances that form hydronium ions when dissolved in water.
How can you determine whether a solid substance is more dense or less dense than water?
see if it floats, if it floats it is less dense.
Which substance is less dense than water?
dry ice
Why does hot water ries?
In general, hot means the substance is less dense. Less dense things tend to rise when they are in more dense things.
How can you determine weather a solid substance is more dense or less dence than water?
put them both in a tub of water and if one floats its not as dense as the other if it sinks its more dense
What is one substance that is less dense as a solid compared to a liquid?
Water, as ice.
Do cornoil float on water?
Corn oil floats on water. It floats because oil is less dense than water. When one substance is less dense than another it rises to the top.
When is h20 most dense?
ANSWER At 4 degrees Celsius. This is the temperature at which specific gravity is defined. Note that ice floats because it is less dense than the water it is in. Water is the only substance known which is less dense as a solid than as a liquid.
Is ice less dense or more dense than water?
no
Is water less or more dense than water?
Ice is less dense than water
Liquid water and ice are the same substance h20 how would you?
Ice floats because it is about 9% less dense than liquid water.
How does heating or cooling a substance affect density?
For most substances over all temperatures as you heat a substance it will become less dense and as you cool it the substance will become less dense. But as with any law there exceptions. Liquid sulphur for example will become less dense as it is heated up to a certain point and then as you continue to heat it the sulphur becomes more dense. But the most noteable exception is water. As water cools from a vapour to a liquid and is then further cooled as a liquid it becomes more and more dense until it reaches 2 degrees C. Then as water cools below this point it becomes less and less dense until it starts to solidify. At this point it becomes less dense. Water is one of very few substances whose density as a solid is less than when it is in a liquid state. It is a good thing to or we would never have invented hockey if the ice had been on the bottom of the pond.
