Ice cubes float on water and solid benzene sinks in liquid benzene, Explain

      

Explain the following observation: Ice cubes float on water and solid benzene sinks in liquid benzene

  

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John
Water increases in volume on solidifying while benzene reduces in volume, Ice is therefore less dense than liquid water, while solid benzene is denser than liquid benzene.
johnmulu answered the question on February 18, 2017 at 09:41


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