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why does ice have a lower density than water?

why does ice have a lower density than water?

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Kamlesh Kumar
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10 years ago
Water molecules are attached to eachother through hydrogen bonding in ice(solid form) having greater distance between two water molecules in comparision to water( liquid form).even vacants spaces(voids) are also present in ice..so the density of water is greater than ice.


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kamlesh kumar
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