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1. Starting with sentence construction, spelling and grammar (no physics):
All particles are the same type, they are just in a different state. So in ice they are solid.
2. Adding water specific chemistry, and a beginning of some (macro-) physics:
Whatever phase of water - solid, liquid, gas - one is discussing, I believe that the water molecules have the same chemical construction. viz. one oxygen atom linked with two hydrogen atoms.
In different phases, the forces acting between these molecules are different, if only due to different mean distances between the molecules. In ice the mean position over time of each molecule does not change (although at temperatures above zero, its thermal energy will manifest itself in a movement of the molecule about its mean position.
3. Adding a bit more macro-physics:
Whatever phase of water - solid, liquid, gas - one is discussing, each water molecules have the same chemical construction. viz. one oxygen atom linked with two hydrogen atoms.
In different phases, the links between these molecules are different. In ice the mean position over time of each molecule does not change. Each molecule vibrates around a more or less fixed point determined by the mean positions of the other water molecules, especially the nearby ones, which as a first approximation, are fixed.
This is not the case for e.g. the gaseous state, where, owing to the much lower density, each molecule travels (relatively) quite a distance on average before its trajectory is significantly modified as a result of translational forces exerted between the molecules, as they might in a weaker way by the 'pull' of gravity.
In an ice crystal, the molecules are kept in place within a geometrically regular lattice that forms owing to the electrical and magnetic fields exerted by each molecule. I think. Each molecule is pushed (and twisted?) into a region and axial attitude where the fields exerted by the surrounding molecules are more toward a minimum than a maximum.
4. Approaching closer to basics?:
What do you mean by 'particles'?
At the macroscopic level, you might be meaning 'What crystals are in an ice cube?'. Answer: ice crystals (possibly one big one if grown perfectly [there is no such thing as perfection on this earth]. I would however first check if that could be fitted into a perfect cube).
At the levels of smaller entities, if, as I suspect, there are no such things as particles at the level of molecules and smaller - just bundles of waves, then your answer should be 'none', in the same sense as there are no 'particles' as such in anything or anywhere in this Universe I imagine.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoIce crystals may be very different; see the link below.
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Which is fastest ice water or water vapor?
The particles in water vapor are faster than the particles in ice water.
When ice cream melts do the particles in the ice cream move slower?
When ice cream melts, the particles actually move faster, not slower, then when it is unmelted.
What does heat do to the particles in ice?
Heat energy makes the particles in matter move faster. The more heat, the faster the particles move.
What happens to particles when something freezes?
the particles freeze up & not moving they lose energy and turn into ice
Will a cordial ice cube melt before a water ice cube?
no it will not because th particles in the two solids are different
What would water particles look like compared to ice particles?
Ice particles form rigid crystalline structures. Liquid water is more fluid and dense.
What do the particles of water look like in a solid state?
Ice
What happens to an ice cubes particles when the ice cube is melting does the weight remains the same?
As the ice cube is solid , the particles are tightly packed together but as it melts it changes to a liquid so the particles change so that they are like particles in a liquid. the mass is conserved ( stays the same)
Are ice particles and ice crystals the same thing?
no Ice particles fall from the sky but Ice crystals form on the ground.
How is ice melting?
Scientifically speaking, the ice is probably melting because of the particles in the air/water/wherever the ice is. The particles in the air speed up the particles in the ice causing it to melt.
It looks like you have small particles of paper in your ice from the ice maker?
mineral deposits - freezing makes them visible. No worries.
When ice melts the particles of ice changes into other types of particles?
When a solid is heated its particles melts and change into liquid
When ice melt the particles of ice change into other type of particles?
When a solid is heated its particles melts and change into liquid
When ice melts the particles of ice change into other types of particles?
When a solid is heated its particles melts and change into liquid
When ice melt particles of ice change into another type of particles?
no melting is a physical process
When metal is cooled by ice what will the particles do?
The particles will contract.
Why is an ice cube not compressible?
An ice cube is not compressible as all the particles of ice are already very close to each other. Compression can be imagined as bringing the particles of a substance closer together. Consider a cylindrical container having a piston over its opening and containing steam inside it. If you push the piston down (like in an injection syringe), the steam gets compressed and the particles come closer and the attraction between the particles will increase and thus the steam will form water. If you try to compress it further, and lower the temperature( which reduces the energy of the particles), it will form ice and the particles cannot come any closer to each other. It is just like us humans, if you are hyperactive and energetic and overly active, you cannot just sit in one place and will randomly move about(like steam particles). If you are normally active, you will move about but to a lesser extent(like water particles). but if you are extremely lazy and have very less energy, you will refuse to move about(like ice particles). there is nothing that comes after this. hope this helps! :)
