2007-09-30 09:53:02 · 13 answers · asked by tomo4scrap 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A gallon of liquid water is heavier because liquid is more dense than ice.
Note it cannot be the same water that froze to form the ice, otherwise the ice would be more than 1 gallon.
2007-09-30 10:16:39 · answer #1 · answered by Dr D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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which is heavier, water or ice ie 1gallon frozen or 1 gallon liquid?
2015-08-10 04:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-07 05:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gallon of water would be heavier, since frozen water has the odd quirk of being less dense than liquid water, therefore if both given a constant volume - i.e 1 gallon, the gallon of ice would be slightly lighter than a gallon of liquid water.
If you were to have a constant weight - i.e 1 kg of each, the kilo of ice would take up a larger volume than the kilo of water.
2007-09-30 10:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by Aerospace Engineer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to define your question more clearly. Are you talking about one gallon of water frozen to ice or or one gallon volume of ice? Ice is obviously lighter tham water or fish would not survive and lakes would freeze from the bottom up. (Water is almost unique in that it is most dense 4 degrees above its freezing point.) If you took a gallon of water and froze it, it would still weigh 10 lb though.
2007-09-30 11:35:15 · answer #5 · answered by mustardcharlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 gallon liquid water is heavier. That is why ice floats.
2007-10-04 09:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by The Rugby Player 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-28 10:41:08 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weighing a one-gallon block of ice is easy - just freeze the water in a bucket and then dump it out onto a scale. But every time I dump the unfrozen water out onto the scale, it just doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
2007-10-02 10:42:21 · answer #8 · answered by SardonicMacaroni 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water would be heavier because contrary to the usual laws of physics water expands as it gets colder and freezes. Therefore volume for volume water would be heavier
2007-09-30 10:06:44 · answer #9 · answered by JAKE 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in simple terms, if you melted the 'gallon of ice' you'd end up with less than a gallon of water.
2007-09-30 10:30:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋