Salt and sugar both dissolve in water, thereby increasing its mass. Salt is approximately 40% more dense than sugar, and thereby the salt water is more dense than sugar water (when either are added in the same quantities by volume).
If you get a measuring jug and fill it with fresh water up to the one litre line, you have a fixed volume of water - a litre - with a density of 1.
Now add 100 grams of table salt to the water and stir it until it is all dissolved.
You will notice that despite the addition of the salt, the volume in the jug will still measure one litre.
However, the salty water will now weigh 100 grams more than the fresh water did but it still occupies the same volume. Thus its density will now be greater than 1.
What is happening is that the components that make up the salt (NaCl) when dissolved in the water, sort of fit into the natural spaces between the water molecules and thus the solution does not need to take up more room it is just more dense (there is more stuff in the same space).
While the density of table salt (2160 g/L) is larger than sucrose (common sugar) (1590 g/L), salt has a much lower solubility (360 g/L) than sugar (2000 g/L). By those solubility numbers, salt-water can be as dense as 930 g/L ( (360g salt + 1000g water )/(1L water + 1/2.16 L salt) ) but sugar-water can be as dense as 1842 g/L ( (2000g sugar + 1000g water )/(1L water + 1/1.59 L sugar) ).
Therefore, adding salt increases the mass more quickly than adding the sugar, if you are measuring them by volume. However, water can be made heavier (as a maximum) with sugar.
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Sorry but this answer is totally wrong (apologies). what you have done is mathematically horrible. But think of it like this - salt water is effectively the sea - and the density of sea water is higher than pure water.....
Boats float better in salt water because salt water is denser than fresh water. The higher salinity of salt water increases the buoyant force that supports the boat, making it easier for the boat to float. In comparison, fresh water has a lower density, resulting in less buoyancy and potentially making it more difficult for boats to float.
You put a teaspoon of sugar in the vase of flowers with the water to keep the flowers fresh
Sugar dissolves faster than salt. When a substance dissolves into another substance, it turns into a solution. The substance that is dissolved is the solute.
Milk is more dense than heavy cream, it has a higher percentage of water versus fat, water is more dense than fat.
Saltwater intrusion is the movement of ocean water into fresh groundwater that causes contamination of the freshwater by salt. This is a process of nature and usually occurs near the coastlines where the fresh groundwater level approaches the same level as the sea.
Sea water is more dense because the minerals, especially salt, make it more dense.
fresh water is more dense than hot water and this is just a guess from a sixth grader SO DON'T JUDGE ME!!!!
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Salt water is more dense than fresh water. A ship would float higher at sea, and lower on a fresh water inland lake.
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Sugar sinks in water because it heavier and more dense than water. Artificial sweeteners like Aspartame are not as dense and will float.
Sea water and fresh water does not have the same density because sea water has salt, which makes it more dense than fresh water Sea water and fresh water does not have the same density because sea water has salt, which makes it more dense than fresh water
salty water is more dense than fresh
fresh water, because salt water is more dense
Salt water is more dense than fresh water. So when you're in salt water you float more than when you are in fresh water
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The salt makes the water more dense.