Ice has the density of 0.93 g/cm3, and water has a density of 1.0 g/cm3. Will ice float or sink in water?

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Chemistry

Naima Wallace

29 May, 23:19

Ice has the density of 0.93 g/cm3, and water has a density of 1.0 g/cm3. Will ice float or sink in water?

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Elizabeth Kidd · Answer 1

The ice will of course float on the water.

Q: But why?

A: Because it has lower density than water.

Averi Lloyd · Answer 2

Answer is ice will float on water as it is having lesser density than water.

As the object that is having low density will float on a substance that is having higher density. If we compare density of water and ice we will found that ice is having low density that is 0.93 g/cm3 and water is having high density that is 1.0 g/cm3. So as ice is having low density than water it will float on water.