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How do ice and water differ in the arrangement of their molecules?
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∙ 6y ago
the density of ice is lower than water
it's because of the formation of the molecules of water
when water turns into the ice the space between H2O molecules appear so the volume of ice increases
water in 4 degrees celsius has the highest density
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe relaationship between solid and liquid water is very interesting and most notable for being the only compound in which the solid is less dense than the liquid! (A handful of elements also do this: Be, Ga, Ge.) The basic crystal structure of both the solid and the liquid is a cube. In ice, the water molecules take up positions at the corners of these cubes, and the cubes themselves are hollow. Being a solid, the molecules are locked into this arrangement because they don't have enough energy to move.
But, add a little heat and give those molecules some energy to move around, and now some of those molecules begin to move inside of the hollow cubes. This is the secret of the change in density: filled cubes of liquid water are more dense than empty ones of the ice. In the liquid, the molecules are always moving: from a corner to inside the cube to another corner to another corner....
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∙ 14y agoice has a cage like structure due to the interstices in it's structure due to intermolecular hydrogen bonds.This also causes it's density to be lower than water though it's a solid.
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∙ 6y agoIce has an ordered crystalline structure.
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∙ 11y agoI don't know the answer sorry
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What happens to the arrangement to the molecules as ice melts?
The arrangement of water molecules start having their chemical bonds break as ice melts. Hydrogen bonds constantly form and break constantly moving everything out of position.
What is the arrangement of water molecules in a solid?
The answer depends on what the solid is: ice, a hydrate crystal, or something else.
Are the molecules in ice packed more tightly than the molecules in water?
Compared to a solid object's molecules no. Unless the water is ice. Water molecules are more compact than gaseous molecules.
What is the difference between the water from melted ice and the ice itself?
molecules from ice is more dense than water
What describes the motion off water molecules in ice?
Since ice is a solid, there is no free motion between water molecules due to the intermolecular bonds holding the molecules in place. Because of this, water molecules "vibrate" in place when it is frozen. The colder it gets the less water vibrates.
What happens to the arrangement to the molecules as ice melts?
The arrangement of water molecules start having their chemical bonds break as ice melts. Hydrogen bonds constantly form and break constantly moving everything out of position.
What happen to the arrangement of water molecules as ice melts?
The arrangement of water molecules start having their chemical bonds break as ice melts. Hydrogen bonds constantly form and break constantly moving everything out of position.
How do the molecules in solids liquids gases differ?
The molecules remain identical (for example ice, water, vapors).
What is the arrangement of water molecules in a solid?
The answer depends on what the solid is: ice, a hydrate crystal, or something else.
How do ice water molecules differ from warm water molecules?
The main difference is that ice water molecules have very low kinetic energy, i.e. they don't move very fast, compared to warm water molecules. The other difference is in the intermolecular forces holding the molecules together. They are greater in ice than in warm water.
How liquid water ice and vapor differ from each other?
They are made of different kinds of molecules.
Is ice a reversible or irreversible?
Irreversible because the ordered arrangement of molecules in the ice crystals is lost and the entropy increases. Irreversible because the ordered arrangement of molecules in the ice crystals is lost and the entropy increases.
Is ice reversible or irreversible?
Irreversible because the ordered arrangement of molecules in the ice crystals is lost and the entropy increases. Irreversible because the ordered arrangement of molecules in the ice crystals is lost and the entropy increases.
What phase change does the arrangement of water molecules become most orderly?
During fusion, or the formation of a solid, as in liquid water turning to ice.
Is it true that water molecules have more orderly arrangement in Ice than in liquid water?
In ice, water forms a rigid lattice structure. Every water molecule has 4 hydrogen bonds with other water molecules, 1 from each hydrogen and 2 from each oxygen.
How do the molecules in rain differ from the molecules in ice?
Rain is liquid Ice is solid. with water when you cool it (slow the molecules) it expands (which is unique to water) becoming a solid crystal, and since it expands its mass per volume ratio has changed making it less dense then liquid water.
Why must energy be given to ice for it to turn to water?
It's all about the arrangement of the water molecules. Below zero celcius the water molecules have less energy, and are able to form a lattice. If this ice is given enough energy in the form of heat, then the individual molecules have more energy and the lattice does not hold together. The 'heat of fusion' is the exrta energy required to undo the lattice. During the transition stage from ice to water, heat will not raise the overall temperature of the slush but will be used to undo the molecular arrangement if ice. Once it has all turned to water the overall temperature will continue to rise.
