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Does ice sink of float when placed in these liquids water alcohol mercury ice?
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∙ 14y ago
My answer is that the ice has comes more dense n is light to float up then to sink down.
I am no physicist, but I think ice is less dense than liquid water. After all, water expands when frozen (unique to H2O, I think?). Ice floats in water, of course. As far as pure alcohol, my best guess is that yes, it floats in alcohol, too. I have to say that ice will float on Mercury due the great difference in the densities of the two substances (mercury being much more dense than ice).
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∙ 10y agoThey would float the same unless one is different sized than the other; although the ice would melt in warm water; therefore getting smaller.
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The more dense the liquid, the higher the ice(solid) will float. Cold water is more dense than warm water, so the cube will float higher in colder water than warm.
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∙ 9y agoAn ice cube would float in any type of liquid. It would float higher in mercury than water because mercury is denser.
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∙ 12y agoIce Cube would float higher in Mercury.
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Does mercury float on water?
No, it sinks.
Would the mass on mercury float on water?
Mercury would not float on water. This is because the density of Mercury (5427kg/m3) is greater than the density of water (1000kg/m3).
Why will a block of iron float in mercury and sink in water?
The density of mercury is much greater than that of water, so the nail will not sink. The density of the nail is less than that of mercury and greater than that for water, so it sinks in the water.
Will the densiy of 93 ice will it sink or will it float?
Yes, it would actually float. While less liquids sink right to the bottom
How do you know if its mercury or alcohol your thermometer broke in and around the pool Help?
Mercury is a metal so it will sink to the bottom of the pool where an alcohol will float. Actually, it's more likely that alcohol will simply disperse into the pool; low molecular weight alcohols are extremely soluble. A simpler way to tell is the color: mercury is silver and looks, well, metallic; alcohol in thermometers is generally colored either red or blue simply to make it easier to see. (A lot of people think mercury is red, but it isn't. Some mercury COMPOUNDS such as cinnabar are red, but those are not used in thermometers.) The fact that the liquid in the thermometer is metallic does not necessarily mean that it is mercury; it might be a gallium alloy. However, since mercury is toxic, if you're not sure it's probably safer to assume that it was mercury and treat the spill accordingly.
Can iron float in any liquid?
Solid iron will float in liquid mercury. In most liquids it will sink.
Does a lump of iron float?
Solid iron will float in liquid Mercury. In most liquids it will sink.
If you make the same object float on the surface of different liquids like mercury and alcohol it floats in different levels why?
It floats in different levels because the two liquids are different. They're densities are different from one another.
Can gold float on mercury?
Gold is a higher density than Mercury so it will sink if placed into a container of mercury.
Is mercury sink or float if you placed in sea water?
Mercury is a heavy metal, it will sink in sea water.
Does oil float on all liquids?
No. Depending on the purity, ethanol (the alcohol in booze) can float on kerosene, but only barely. For the most part, yes.
Would water or liquid mercury float?
Water floats when it is turned into ice, because in this form it is less dense (it crystallizes, and the structure expands). It also can float in combinations of liquids, for example, it is less dense than liquid mercury, but more dense than oil, so it would 'float' on the mercury. Liquid mercury is very dense, and doesn't usually float on things.
What liquids don't make ice float?
A liquid that is less dense than ice. Pure alcohol is 70% of the density of water- and ice would not float in it.
Do things float in alcohol?
Yes. For every fluid, there are things that float in it ... they just have to be things that are less dense than the fluid. That's how stones float in mercury, logs float in water, and hot balloons float in air.
Why hot liquids float above cool liquids?
Hot liquids float above cool liquids because hot liquids weight less than cold liquids.not useful
Does salt water float?
On some liquids it will float, on others it will not.
Will lead sik or float in mercury?
it will float
