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why ice is less denser than water?????

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why ice is less denser than water?????

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Nitin kumar

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8 Nov 2011 18:22:31 IST

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due to the presence of tiny air gaps inside the ice

Ashutosh Singh Thakur

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8 Nov 2011 18:26:37 IST

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but on decreasing the temperature,the inter molecular gap must also decrease

anish gupta

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8 Nov 2011 20:12:08 IST

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h-bonding...forming polymer...

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12 Nov 2011 03:14:55 IST

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because of surface area

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12 Nov 2011 09:04:48 IST

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there is h-bonding in water molecules in form of ice and in between them there are air molecules intact so its density is less

when its temp. is raised the water molecules move twards each other and h-bond. redovelopes , so its density increases

and on further heating h-bond. breaks and its density decreases

tht's why its density is max. at 4C

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12 Nov 2011 09:05:06 IST

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Krishna Gopal Singh

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Because due to hydrogen bonding water molecules make a more open crystal structure which increases volume of water or decreases density. And yes there is no air in the crystal as posted by Nitin

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