2006-10-29 14:30:21 · 16 answers · asked by kaitlin 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
it depends on the temperature of each
water is most dense at 4C, if the water is at 4C, the liter of water will be heavier. if both are at 0C, the water will be heavier. if the ice is at 0C and the water is at 90C, the ice will be heavier.
here is a link, scroll down to the graph on it, and you will see what the density of water is at each temperature. so, whatever temp you are at will determine how heavy the liter of water or ice is, the higher the density, the more one liter will weigh
http://www.piercecollege.edu/offices/weather/water.html
2006-10-29 14:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One liter of water is heavier than one liter of ice. Just imagine a chunk of ice, volumetric size is 1 liter, thrown into a bathtub. It would float every time. If it would not, all fresh water fish in Wisconsin and Minnesota (and other locations where the lakes freeze over) would die in winter because they would be pinned to the bottom of the lake and crushed by the sinking ice sheet. Water is densest at 34 deg F (I think (has been a long time since college physics)) and then gets lighter with ice being the lightest. (The density of ice is 0.931 gm/cubic cm. This compares with a density of 1.00 gm/cubic cm. for water.(see link below)). Hanumaster made a great point about the density of water higher temperatures - that certainly is the best technical answer (I have been away from my physics too long to remember such details.) At the end of the day, God certainly created a fantastic phenomena that protected His fish in freezing climates...
2006-10-29 23:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by Chase Them With The Truth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liter of water is heavier. Since water expands when it freezes, a liter of water, once frozen, has a volume greater than one liter. Therefore some of the ice must be removed to bring the volume down to a liter, and this obviously reduces the mass as well.
2006-10-29 23:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liter of water is heavier. Otherwise Ice would not float
2006-10-29 22:34:27 · answer #4 · answered by steveSang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice has a lower density than water. A liter of water will be heavier.
2006-10-29 22:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by (f-_-)f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water will be heavier then the ice. If you were to melt the ice down, it would be less then a liter.
2006-10-29 22:39:00 · answer #6 · answered by bbyhtguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liter of water because water expands when it is frozen so if you started with a liter of water it would be more than a liter when it becomes ice.
2006-10-29 22:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't a liter a liter? Was the ice a liter of water before being frozen?
2006-10-29 22:32:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ice will be lighter because when water freezes the molecules arrange in a ring-way, making a hole in the middle. Therefore it will occupy more space, or the density will be lighter and therefore the same volume of water will be heavier than the same volume of ice.
2006-10-29 22:36:40 · answer #9 · answered by ferchisi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, a liter is a liter, but if you want to get technical, ice is less dense than water so the water would technically be heavier.
2006-10-29 22:39:05 · answer #10 · answered by dread pirate lavenderbeard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋