|
wanna know, answers?
why an ice cube floats in water?
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Work & School category?
Maybe give some free advice about: School?
Ice is less dense than water.
]
Just wanted to add one thing to the 1000 "ice isnt as dense as water answers" :)
Thats of course true. However, normally things contract when cold and expand when hot. This would imply that frozen objects would be more dense than the same material in non- frozen form. Water however is an exception to that rule. For some reason it expands when frozen.
Thats why ice cubes float.
]
water has a density of 1, anything less than that (like an icecube) floats in water because of the density.
]
An ice cube floats in water, because it is less dense than liquid water.
]
Ice is less dense than liquid water.
]
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
"Ice is less dense than liquid water"
]
woww, i have never thought of that before so i looked it up and got this
"Ice floats because the weight of the water that the ice displaces is greater than the weight of the ice itself. This is the principle of buoyancy. The
difference in the two weights is the buoyant force acting on the ice."
hope it helps.
Jess<3
]
More Questions: |