Question

why does ice floats on water,although liquids have lower density than solids?

Answer 1

Hey there

Very good question actually!

You may be thinking, as ice being a solid should actually sink in water which has lower density. But to wonders, it floats.

Now the question is how?

Lemme explain you. Actually ice has more density than water, but still it is having a lot of empty spaces in it which makes its volume increase.

We know that increase in volume, actually decreases the density ( d = m /v).

So we can come to a conclusion that ice having more volume, is actually less denser when compared to water. So it floats!

Hope you understand ^_^

Answer 2

Hi friend,

So how does ice floats on water?

Liquid have lower density than solids but ice (solid) can flow on water because ice has more space than liquid. So the volume of ice is more than the volume of water, that decreases it's volume. So ice can float on water.

Hope this helps you!

It is a good question!