What material is denser than water?

Answer 1

Corn starch solutions , Ethylene, Furfurol, Glycerine , Glucose, Milk, Molasses, Nitrobenzene , Sulphuric acid, Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), Sugar solutions, Sulphuric acid, Tar and Triethylene glycol

Answer 2

First, I am assuming you are referring to liquids that are more dense than water- as most solids are more dense (save for ice) and most gases are less dense.

Mercury, and most metals in their liquid forms are denser than water- though this also takes a temperature that would cause water to boil.

Glycerol is also more dense than water.

Glass- though it seems like a solid, is actually liquid- is also more dense than water.

And there are many more substances that are denser than water but there are simply too many for me to go find and write here. Water has a density of about 1g/cm, so anything with a density greater than 1, is denser than water.

One correction - glass is an "amorphous solid" not a liquid. The bit about glass being a liquid is an often repeated misconception. The idea that old glass is thicker at the bottom because it has "flowed" over a long period of time is not true. In Mediaeval times panes of glass were often made by the Crown glass process. A lump of molten glass was rolled, blown, expanded, flattened and finally spun into a disc before being cut into panes. The sheets were thicker towards the edge of the disc and were usually installed with the heavier side at the bottom. Other techniques of forming glass panes have been used but it is only the relatively recent float glass processes which have produced good quality flat sheets of glass.

Fair point, thanks for the info! maybe have a reference when you quote directly from a source, though.

Answer 3

There are plenty of liquids more dense than water. The most dense liquid is Mercury, which is more than 13 times more dense than water.

Answer 4

water