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When water turns to ice, the ice takes up more volume than does water. This is also why ice floats. Water is one of very few things that expand when colder.
Interestingly enough, ice is not a true solid. It has no crystalline structure. It is a "supercooled liquid" like glass. Ice can flow, slowly, as in glaciers. Glass flows as well, but takes centuries. Ancient stained-glass windows have bits of glass in them that are measurably thicker towards the bottom, as they have flowed downwards, slightly.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoWhen water freezes and becomes a solid the molecules become arranged in a certain pettern called a crystal lattice. In this arrangement the molecules are father away from each other and the ice is bigger. Because the molecules are farthe apart the ice is less dense than the water.
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∙ 14y agoBecause ice is a frozen solid and water is not.
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∙ 13y agoThis is because the volume of water increases slightly when it freezes. According to the kinetic particle theory liquids particles are spaced slightly further apart than in solids.
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Why do ice cubes float to the top of glass of water?
ice is less dense than water
Why the refractive index of ice is lower than that of water?
The refractive index of a certain material increases with its density. The refractive index of ice is less because it has a lower density than liquid water.
What is the density of water in the solid state compared to that in the liquid state?
Ice has about 91.5% of the density of water. It floats because it is less dense than water.
How are the characteristic properties of a piece of ice are different from its other properties?
The other properties of ice are water a liquid state and water vapor a gas state. So from what I've just said I think you can figure the rest out.
Which has higher denesity ice or water?
Ice has a LOWER density than water as ice FLOATS in water!!!!!!! Upon freezing water to form ice, expansion occurs thus more volume and surface area but the same weight.
Why does ice have a different density than?
Because ice is a frozen solid and water is not.
Does density have an effect on ice?
The density of ice is lower than the density of water; ice float on water.
Do ice and water have the same density?
no. Density of ice is more than of water...we can understand from ice sinking in water drinks... Edited by Dr.J. : How is it possible for the density of ice to be more (greater) than that of liquid water if ice FLOATS on lakes and rivers? Clearly, the density of ice is LESS than that of liquid water.
Which has greater density ice or water how can you say that?
Water has a greater density than ice.
How does the density of ice compare to the density of water?
Ice is less dense than liquid water.
How does the density of water (ice) compare with the density of water (liquid)?
Ice is less dense than liquid water.
How is water density affected by freezing?
The density of ice is lower than the density of water.
What is an example of a density?
ice floating on top of water because water has more density than ice.
A piece of ice floats on water. what does this tell you about the density of ice compared to the density of water?
It tells you that the ice is less dense than the water.
What is the only substance that has a greater density as a liquid than a solid?
Water has higher density than ice. That is why ice floats on water.
When does water float and why does it float?
Water floats when it is in the solid phase, called ice. Ice floats because the density of ice is less than the density of water.
The density of ice is?
less than that of water
