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Liquid generally have lower density as compare to solids. But you must have observed that ice floats on water ? Can youtell me why?
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Saurav Sharma 4 years, 3 months ago

If any substance density is lower than water substance can float in water so ice float in water because its density lower than water

Yogita Ingle 4 years, 3 months ago

The mass per unit volume of a substance is called density (density = mass/volume). As the volume of a substance increases, its density decreases.

Liquids have a lower density than that of solids. Water is also a liquid so it should also have less density than that of solid that is ice.

Though ice is solid, it has a cage-like structure hence there are a large number of empty spaces between its particles. These spaces are larger as compared to the spaces present between the particles of water. Thus for a given mass of water, the volume of ice is greater than that of water. Hence, the density of ice is less than that of water. A substance with lower density than water can float on water. Therefore, ice floats on water.

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