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stellarik [79]
3 years ago
8

Why does ice become less dense than water?

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1 answer:
myrzilka [38]3 years ago
8 0
Ice actually has a very different structure than liquid water, in that the molecules align themselves in a regular lattice rather than more randomly as in the liquid form. It happens that the lattice arrangement allows water molecules to be more spread out than in a liquid, and, thus, ice is less dense than water.
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