Chemistry, asked by seemasonedelhi, 1 year ago

on melting of ice,there is decrease in volume instead of increase?

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Answered by Meww

There are many spaces in ice but when it melts these spaces are over so its volume decreases instead of increasing.

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seemasonedelhi: no there are not many spaces in ice due to change of state it happens.

Meww: but there are spaces

AcharyaVII: This is absolutely correct.Water has highest density at 4*C.Meww is absolutely correct

AcharyaVII: Perhaps the question was that why there is decrease in volume instead of decrease?

Answered by kobenhavn

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Melting of ice is conversion of solid state into liquid state.

Solid state is a state in which the particles are closely packed and does not have any space between them. This state occupies lesser volume as it occupies less space.Liquid state is a state in which the particles are present in random and irregular pattern. The particles are closely arranged but they can move from one place to another. This state has more volume than solids as it occupies more space.

The density of water is liquid state is more than the density of water in solid state. Water has a property to expand when it freezes and it forms cage like structure in the solid state. This results in the breaking of hydrogen bonds and thus an increase of volume.

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