why do icebergs float on water
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Ice floats in water because it is lighter (less dense) than water, the medium in which it floats but with most part of the solid ice under water. This is simply because ice and water differ in their densities only in a small way. Water in liquid form at normal room temperature has a density of 1 gm/cc while in solid form as ice has a density of 0.92 gm/cc. That is, ice is lighter than water only by about 8%. Turning to explain the extent of immersion/floatation, we need to invoke the law of flotation which states that any solid floating in a liquid displaces equal weight of the liquid over which it floats.
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icebergs float on water because they have tiny pores within them which traps air and make the density of icebergs less than water which leads it to float on water