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Will a glass of water filled to the brim with a cube of ice floating in it rise when ice melts?
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∙ 11y ago
No. The ice will melt such that it fills the volume of ice that the submerged part of the cube displaces.
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When ice cube floating in a tumbler of water melts completely why there is no overflow of water?
Its actually quite simple. The answer would be Anomalous expansion of Water, which means that the volume the Ice cubes are consuming in a glass filled upto the brim is more than water alone. When Ice melts and comes back into water form, it uses lesser volume (space) in the glass. Hence it does not allow the glass to overflow as the person pouring into the glass had poured in keeping into view the level of the ice (which uses more volume).
Would a glass that was filled to the brim with ice and water would it overflow?
No. The volume taken up by the ice gets smaller as it melts. This makes the total volume of ice and water in the glass smaller as time passes. So the glass will not overflow
When an ice cube in a glass of water melts the water level in the glass?
increases
Will water overflow when the ice in the cup completely filled with water melts completely?
If you are asking if a cup filled with water and ice, when the ice melts, will the water overflow, then the answer is no. As the ice becomes water, then it loses its ability to displace the water that it was first displacing as it was ice. So in the end, the water level won't raise or fall as the ice melts, it just replaces the space it once filled with water, leaving you with a full cup of water.
What can happen to light traveling through a glass filled with water?
Refraction of light occurs when a light pass through a glass that is filled with water. In this process, the light changes direction as it changes transmission medium.
When all ice in a glass of water melts the level of water in the glass?
Stays the same (assuming that all the ice was floating to begin with).
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.
Beverage glass is filled to the brim with ice cold water 0C and ice cubes Some of the ice cubes are floating above the water level When the ice melts the water in the glass will?
When all the ice melts (it will take a while with the water at 0C), the water level in the glass will not be in any danger of overflowing the container because water is one of those rare liquids that expands when it freezes. (This is why a closed glass container of water put into a freezer will break.) This means that it contracts as it melts.The specific water level of the glass will depend on how much ice was floating above the water level, but it won't be in any danger of overflowing. As a matter of fact, the water level will actually be lower than the rim of the glass.
When ice cube floating in a tumbler of water melts completely why there is no overflow of water?
Its actually quite simple. The answer would be Anomalous expansion of Water, which means that the volume the Ice cubes are consuming in a glass filled upto the brim is more than water alone. When Ice melts and comes back into water form, it uses lesser volume (space) in the glass. Hence it does not allow the glass to overflow as the person pouring into the glass had poured in keeping into view the level of the ice (which uses more volume).
Does glass melts in water?
no
Would a glass that was filled to the brim with ice and water would it overflow?
No. The volume taken up by the ice gets smaller as it melts. This makes the total volume of ice and water in the glass smaller as time passes. So the glass will not overflow
When an ice cube in a glass of water melts the water level in the glass?
increases
Will water overflow when the ice in the cup completely filled with water melts completely?
If you are asking if a cup filled with water and ice, when the ice melts, will the water overflow, then the answer is no. As the ice becomes water, then it loses its ability to displace the water that it was first displacing as it was ice. So in the end, the water level won't raise or fall as the ice melts, it just replaces the space it once filled with water, leaving you with a full cup of water.
What does ice do in a glass of water?
First it floats, then it melts and makes the water colder.
Will water pour out of the glass when the ice melts into a full glass of water?
If he glass was full and you put ice cubes in it would overflow strait away.
When a glass is filled to the brim with water the water appers to bulge from the sides of the glass due to?
capillarity
When a glass is filled to the brim with water the water appears to bulge from the sides of the glass due?
Cohesion
