Which has the greatest volume?
- 1 kg of water at 0 degreesC has a greater volume than 1 kg of ice at the same temperature.
- 1 kg of ice at 0 degreesC has a greater volume than 1 kg of water at the same temperature.
- Both 1 kg of ice at 0 degreesC and 1 kg of water at 0 degreesC have the same volume.
Explanation from PART66Online
Water expands when it freezes, so ice is less dense than liquid water, and an equal mass of ice therefore occupies a greater volume than the same mass of water at 0 degrees C. This is why ice floats and why the two cannot have the same volume.
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immanuelekpo asked · 3 Jan 2013
what exactly does this question test,attention to details i suppose.
Community Comments (7)
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trap2307
6 Jan 2013
Water and ice have same formula - H2O. Volume of H20 depends on its temperature. Temperature is the same, so the volume is the same.
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gusum
6 Oct 2014
No, it is well known that ice is less dense than water.
"The density of ice is 0.9167 g/cm3 at 0 °C,[3] whereas water has a density of 0.9998 g/cm³ at the same temperature."
"The density of ice is 0.9167 g/cm3 at 0 °C,[3] whereas water has a density of 0.9998 g/cm³ at the same temperature."
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finch
2 Jan 2015
so the correct answer is ICE
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Richiegeee
28 May 2015
Help?
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mattymc1@bigpond.com
4 Sep 2018
Surely the answer is ice. Freeze a full bottle of water in your freezer and it expands. Water freezing inside a composite panel can disbond the panel due to the expansion. Answer must be c.
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Klemis3000
14 Nov 2018
Density of water at 0C is around 1000kg/m^3 while ice at 0C is around 910kg/m^3. So 0C ice has greater volume
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pickus
19 Apr 2020
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_volume
Ice has greater volume at 0 degrees C.
Ice has greater volume at 0 degrees C.
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