2007-06-13 09:09:09 · 51 answers · asked by Smurf 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
fresh water floats on salt water.
2007-06-13 09:11:07 · answer #1 · answered by cereal killer 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends. Do you mean does it float on other water? If so the answer can be 'Yes'. If the waters are at different temperatures the warmer one will float on top of the cooler one. This can be proved with water dyed in different colours if poured carefully enough. Thisd is due to warnmer water being less dense than cold water. Also consider icebergs. They are frozen water and float on liquid water.
2007-06-13 09:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oil floats on water
2007-06-13 09:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by Parercut Faint 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes except for Heavy water.
Heavy water is chemically the same as regular (light) water, but with the two hydrogen atoms (as in H2O) replaced with deuterium atoms (hence the symbol D2O). Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen; it has one extra neutron. Thus the deutrium atom consists of one proton and one neutron in the atomic nucleus and one orbiting electron. It is the extra neutron that makes heavy water "heavy", about 10% heavier in fact.
Heavy water is essential to the operation of Canada's CANDU nuclear power reactors; used as both a moderator and a heat transfer agent. The function of the moderator is to slow down the emitted neutrons, which increases the fission reaction rate, thus enabling a sustained chain reaction. Ordinary water is also a good moderator, but it absorbs neutrons, which is why light water reactors must use enriched fuel. The use of D2O in CANDUs makes it possible to use non-enriched natural uranium.
2007-06-13 09:13:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, above 4 degrees celsius, warm water floats on cooler water.
2007-06-13 09:13:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Warm water rises to the top so it must float on the colder bit.
Therefore you can say that cold water sinks.
2007-06-14 00:52:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ted T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, water can float on a denser medium like liquid tar or a dish of mercury.
2007-06-13 09:13:39 · answer #7 · answered by MAD MOMMA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you're floating it on. Water doesn't float on water, unless its frozen. If you try to float it on something heavier than it, like oil, it sinks, if you try to float it on something lighter, it floats.
2007-06-13 09:13:14 · answer #8 · answered by spiggyofdeath 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When water freezes (ice) it becomes less dense and floats.
So yeah, at the right conditions.
2007-06-13 09:11:42 · answer #9 · answered by Adam 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it floats back and forth thats how the waves form .x
2007-06-13 09:28:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋