cotton is a solid but it can flot on water . why?
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Cotton has large number of pores, in which air is trapped. Hence reducing its density and increasing the volume. Therefore cotton floats on water. But when these pores get filled with water it starts sinking
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cotton has large number of pores in which air is trapped thus the density of cotton is less than the density of water. That's why cotton floats on water.
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