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If you mean when the number of water molecules increases in an area, then it becomes heavier, by volume.

But if you mean when it cools down and becomes ice, then it becomes a crystalline structure and it actually expands and thereby becomes lighter than the surrounding area and floats.

Sorry for two answers, I wasn't sure what exactly you meant.

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