Question

Liquids generally have lower density or compisred to solids but you must have obseved that ice float on water .Find out why

Answer 1

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Ice floats in water because density of ice is less than water at 4 Celcius. Thus, water displaced by a given mass of ice is greater than that of water of the same mass. That means ice gets more buoyant force than a given mass of water that lets ice float on water.


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Answer 2

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Liquid generally have lower density as compared to solids. But you must have observed that ice floats on water.Find out why?

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Density of ice is less than the density of water.The low density of ice can be attributed to the small pores it was which allows it to trap air.Hence ice floats on water.