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Unlike most matter, the solid state of water actually has a lower density than its liquid state. Yes, the density of ice is greater than the density of water.
The density of ice is less than that of the water because it freezes with air pockets between the crystal structure due to its polarity.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoNo. Unlike many solids, water is unique. The density of a ice cube is less than that of water. In liquid form, water is constantly forming a breaking hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonds are bonds which have 1/20 of the power of covalent bonds and are between a hydrogen of one molecule and the oxygen of another, caused by partial negativity of the oxygen and partial positiveness of the hydrogen. In water, because of its instability, is constantly forming, breaking, and reforming hydrogen bonds. These bonds bring the H2O molecules closer together. However, in ice the hydrogen bonds push the molecules in to a set structure of a crystal lattice. A crystal lattice is the formation of the pattern in molecules. The shapes formed here are hexagons connected by hydrogen bonds. The molecules are kept in this rigid structure and are kept at a set distance, which is greater than the distance in water.
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∙ 15y agoNo. The density of ice is in a small range around 900 kgm-3 and that of water is normally 1000 kgm-3.
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∙ 11y agoNo, why else would it float? It would have to be less to make it float in water.
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∙ 14y agoYes
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Do ice and water have the same density?
no. Density of ice is more than of water...we can understand from ice sinking in water drinks... Edited by Dr.J. : How is it possible for the density of ice to be more (greater) than that of liquid water if ice FLOATS on lakes and rivers? Clearly, the density of ice is LESS than that of liquid water.
Does density have an effect on ice?
The density of ice is lower than the density of water; ice float on water.
Ice cubes float at the top of a glass of water What does this tell you about the density of ice compared to the density of water?
icecubes are less dense than water because when water freezes it expands giving it greater volume but the same mass
How does the density of ice compare to the density of water?
Ice is less dense than liquid water.
The density of ice is?
less than that of water
Which has greater density ice or water how can you say that?
Water has a greater density than ice.
What is the only substance that has a greater density as a liquid than a solid?
Water has higher density than ice. That is why ice floats on water.
Do ice and water have the same density?
no. Density of ice is more than of water...we can understand from ice sinking in water drinks... Edited by Dr.J. : How is it possible for the density of ice to be more (greater) than that of liquid water if ice FLOATS on lakes and rivers? Clearly, the density of ice is LESS than that of liquid water.
Which has the greater density water or ice?
Water
Does density have an effect on ice?
The density of ice is lower than the density of water; ice float on water.
What causes ice to float in liquid water?
When water is frozen, it expands, so ice has a greater volume than water. Also, since density is the volume of an object divided by its mass, and since ice has the same mass as water, the density of ice is slightly less than water, causing it to float on water.
Describe how liquid water and ice affects rocks?
When water is frozen, it expands, so ice has a greater volume than water. Also, since density is the volume of an object divided by its mass, and since ice has the same mass as water, the density of ice is slightly less than water, causing it to float on water.
Why does ice have a lower density than liquid waterwhat if the density of water is greater?
Since both are molecules of H2O ; it must be that the molicules are farther apart in ice than they are in liquid water. But WHY water should act like that is a major mystery.
Why do ice cubes float at the top of the water?
The density of ice is lower than that of water. As a result a block of ice, if wholly submerged in water, would displace a mass of water greater than its own mass. The difference between these two masses provides the upward buoyancy.
Why does an object float in water sinks in kerosene oil?
No. The ice does not float on oil or kerosene, it is because a kerosene is a non-polar solute whil the ice which came from H2o is a polar solute in which it contradicts with each other. When the ice melts, the ice become water, the water is denser than kerosene, so the kerosene floats for it has a lighter density while the water sinks for it has a denser density.
Ice cubes float at the top of a glass of water What does this tell you about the density of ice compared to the density of water?
icecubes are less dense than water because when water freezes it expands giving it greater volume but the same mass
What is significant about the density of water?
Probably the most significant thing about it from a biological standpoint is that it's greater than that of ice.
