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Besides water, a substance in solid form is more dense. At the least dense substance floats, HN03 will not float in liquid HN03.

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Do all frozen liquids float on their liquid as ice floats on water?

No. Exactly the opposite. Water is the only known substance whose solid form floats in its liquid form. Which, incidentally, is a lucky accident, since life on earth would be impossible if ice sank in water.


Is it impossible for a solid to float on a liquid?

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Does ice float because water becomes more or less dense when its frozen?

The structure of frozen water (ice) is less dense than the random arrangement of the water molecules in liquid water, thus ice floats because water becomes less dense when it is frozen. Because of buoyancy forces, an object placed in a liquid will float if it is less dense than the liquid and sink if it is more dense.


Which characteristic of water is most helpful to fish in a lake?

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When water frozen gets heavier?

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If an object floats in oil then does it float in water?

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What happens to frozen water that is different from most frozen liquids?

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Why does ice float when water freezes?

Frozen water or ice floats because in the process of freezing air molecules are locked in and the ice becomes more buoyant than the surrounding water. There is also the possibility that the water molecules change for some reason but I am not sure about that. You might try asking that question or researching that angle about the water molecules changing in some way. I don't think so though because H2O is H2O no matter if it's frozen(solid) or in it's liquid form so I believe that the air molecules caught inside the frozen water is your answer.


If you want to make an object float in a liquid what must you do?

Put it in a bowl or tank.. then submerge it in water/liquid.. If it floats.. You succeed, if not.. Then you are a epic fail..