I'm doing a scientific report for school and this question has to be answered in the intro. my experiment is where I measure how much the ice has expanded with tap water, sparkling water and boiling water. but who would need to know how much it expands and why?
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Its important to know because in future experiments you may have to find the rate of increase of expansion of ice.
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Ice floats because it is less dense. How much it floats therefor depends on how much it expands.
However, I do not think this is as important as the fact that by changing what is in the water, you change the properties of its solid phase. Can you tell how many (non-water) particles are in water by how dense it's ice is?
However, I do not think this is as important as the fact that by changing what is in the water, you change the properties of its solid phase. Can you tell how many (non-water) particles are in water by how dense it's ice is?