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in water or anything which is denser than ice
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoAny liquid that is more dense than the ice, including liquid water.
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Do melting ice cubes cause liquids to rise?
No. As ice cubes float, they displace the same volume of water that they contain. This is known as Archimedes' Principle. If they melt, the water level will stay exactly the same. Try it yourself by adding an ice cube to a glass and marking the water level. After the ice melts, you will see that there has been no change in the water level.
What is a metaphor for ice cube?
cold like an ice cube in her heart
Does an ice cube melt faster on soil?
No, an ice cube doesn't melt faster in soil.
Why water is the only substance when freeze float on the surface of water?
Because the volume of frozen water (Ice) is more than in the liquid form. therefore an ice cube replaces more water hence it floats on the surface of water.
Compared to water ice has a lower?
"Density" water is heaver than ice so the ice floats on it.Added:There is a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon in which Calvin poses the question to Dad:"Why does ice float?"Dad responds:"Because it's cold. Ice wants to get warm, so it goes to the top of liquids in order to be nearer to the Sun."See the related question below for an in-depth explanation.
Will a chunk of ice float higher than an ice cube?
A chunk of ice will float higher in water than an ice cube only if the ice chunk is larger than the ice cube.
Can an ice cube float on water?
yes!
Why is an ice cube able to float on liquid ice?
it's a solid
If an aluminum cube had a mass of 20g and the length of each side was 2 centimeters between what to liquids would it float?
This aluminium cube doesn't float on water.
What happens when you place an ice cube in a beaker of water does it float or sink?
float dua
How can ice ice cube float?
It depends if the ice cube your talking about have the bigger density than the water which is 1.00G/ML then it will sink .... TO get the density of the cube u have u have to divide the mass over the volume of the cube..
What liquids don't make ice float?
A liquid that is less dense than ice. Pure alcohol is 70% of the density of water- and ice would not float in it.
Which liquids will an ice cube floats?
ice cubes floats in the water, because it is in the liquid form
What is inside orange juice that makes the ice cube float longer?
acid from the orange juice has high density compared to the ice cube
Will the densiy of 93 ice will it sink or will it float?
Yes, it would actually float. While less liquids sink right to the bottom
What would happen if you mixed water olive oil and an ice cube?
if you were to add water an ice cube an olive oil the water would be on the bottom and the oil would be on top and the ice cube wuld float inside of the olive oil.
Does ice sink of float when placed in these liquids water alcohol mercury ice?
AnswerAs water freezes,what happens to the water molecules that causes ice to float?why is the unquie? My answer is that the ice has comes more dense n is light to float up then to sink down.I am no physicist, but I think ice is less dense than liquid water. After all, water expands when frozen (unique to H2O, I think?). Ice floats in water, of course. As far as pure alcohol, my best guess is that yes, it floats in alcohol, too. I have to say that ice will float on mercury due the great difference in the densities of the two substances (mercury being much more dense than ice).
