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It doesn't. If you have 1 kg of ice, it becomes 1 kg of liquid water. If it became more massive that would mean there were more particles appearing from nowhere, which is of course impossible. What does increase is the density, i.e. the mass of 1 metre cubed. If you start with 1 metre cubed of ice, it will form a smaller volume when it melts (but it will still have the same mass). The reason it becomes more dense is that in ice the molecules arrange themselves in a particular way so that they produce a very open structure, and when it melts they actually move closer together, because they don't have to line up in that way.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoIt doesn't. (its density does ... cause the molecules are closer together).
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When a block of ice floating on water in a container melts what happens to the volume of water in the container it increases or decreases?
Strictly speaking, the volume of water will increase. For example, if you have a 200 gram chunk of ice floating in 1000 ml of water, the volume of the water itself is 1000 ml. When the ice melts, the volume of water will be 1200 ml. However, if you're asking whether the water level in the container will go up or down, the answer is "neither." The ice displaces an amount of water equal to the mass of the ice. When the ice melts, the mass does not chance, so the amount of the original water displaced by the melted ice does not change. Hence, the water level will remain the same.
What happens to the mass and the volume of an ice cube as it melts?
The mass should not change but will decreases slightly due to evaporation. The volume will decrease.
Which melts faster ice or lead?
Under a flame, lead melts faster than ice.
What happens to temperature when energy is added as heat?
Either the temperature will increase, or it will remain the same. In the latter case, there is a phase change, as when ice melts.
How the energy of matter changes when it melts.?
When a solid melts, it is due to an increase in thermal energy to the temperature at which it melts.
When ice cream melts does the mass increase if the ice cream freezes?
decreasing because in order to melt it has to be in a hotter surrounding than used to. so when that happens it starts losing its shape and melts than after a few hours it will be a warm liquidy subbsatance.
What stays the same when ice melts?
Mass of water
What is the increase in land mass by ice in Antarctica?
Ice does not increase land mass.
When an ice cube melts does its mechanical energy increase?
yes
When an ice cube melts does it have the same mass as before?
yes
What causes ice cream to melt?
ice-cream is to be stored in a cool place when it contacts with the heat or the normal temprature it melts
What causes ice sheets to increase?
More snow falls than melts. Snow packs into ice.
What is the increase in temperature from the time ice melts until it boils?
68 degrees
A glass full of water contain ice cubes floating in it .What will happen to the water level when ice melts?
When the ice melts the water level will rise. The water level will increase because Ice is frozen water and when the ice melts, it turns to water, which means more water will be added to the glass.
Is it true that when an ice cube melts it loses its mass?
No, when an ice cube melts, the atoms move closer together so it seems like a smaller amount. However, it does not lose mass, the number of atoms are still the same.
What happens to a land mass previously covered in glacier ice once the ice melts?
It usually rises, without the weight of the ice.
Does the density of objects change if you melt them?
As long as none of the water evaporates as the ice melts, the mass of water left over will be exactly the same as the mass of the ice cubes. the mass of ice is less than that of water ( that's why it floats ) therefore when it melts it takes up less space ( water expands when it freezes ) so the mass ( not the size ) is greater although the weight remains the same
