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Does ice sink of float when placed in these liquids water alcohol mercury ice?
AnswerAs water freezes,what happens to the water molecules that causes ice to float?why is the unquie? 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).
Does mercury float on water?
No, it sinks.
Do rocks float on mercury?
No, rocks are denser than mercury, so they would sink in mercury. Mercury is a very dense liquid at room temperature, so objects that are less dense than mercury will float on it.
What is the clear liquid inside a Galileo thermometer?
The clear liquid inside a Galileo thermometer is typically a hydrocarbon-based liquid, such as ethanol or mineral oil. This liquid expands and contracts with temperature changes, causing the glass spheres with different densities to float or sink.
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).
Would a quarter float in water?
It will sink in water, but it will float in mercury. Depends on what the liquid is.
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.
Do wood in Mercury float?
No, wood would not float in mercury. Mercury is a dense liquid metal, much denser than water, so wood would sink in it.
Can nickel float on liquid Mercury?
Yes, nickel can float on liquid mercury because the density of nickel is lower than that of mercury. This means that nickel will not sink when placed on liquid mercury, and instead will float on its surface.
Can iron float in any liquid?
Solid iron will float in liquid mercury. In most liquids it will sink.
Does mercury float on liquid paraffin?
No.
What does an egg float best in?
In mercury, of course! Bit if you don't like this liquid - in brine, salty water.
Why can't a pebble float?
It can float, in a given quantity of the (liquid at room temperature metal) mercury. This is because mercury is denser than any pebble, stone, likely to be found on earth surface. Floating is the condition or state of bouyancy in a liquid. So a stone is to mercury as a cork is to water.
Would float on liquid mercury whose density is 13.6?
Yes, an object with a lower density than liquid mercury (13.6 g/cm³) would float on it. This is because objects float when they displace an amount of liquid with a weight equal to or greater than their own weight. Since the density of the object is lower than that of the liquid mercury, it will float.
Does Mercury as a liquid sink or float?
SinkMercury is a heavy metal, so it is much more dense than water.
Why the stone floats in mercury?
Stones do not float in mercury because mercury is a very dense liquid, much denser than a stone. Any object denser than mercury will sink in it. In general, objects float in a liquid only if they are less dense than the liquid.
Will a block of ice sink in mercury metal?
No, the density of water ice (0.92) is far below that of mercury (13.6) and so the ice will float on liquid mercury. Even iron density 7.85) and copper (8.73) and lead (11.3) will float on mercury but gold (density 19.6) sinks!
