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Solids are denser? (Posted on 2003-03-23)

In general, when a pure substance or mixture goes from liquid to solid, the molecules in it get closer resulting in a higher density.

If this is so why does ice float in water?

See The Solution Submitted by Alan

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-03-30 21:25:04
not really a riddle.	nate	2005-02-13 21:05:37
No Subject	vije	2004-07-03 05:35:27
guess	Peter Lunts	2004-02-09 08:48:27
as full a solution as i can muster at this time!!	ben	2003-12-10 20:37:01
ice is less dense than liquid water	James	2003-08-27 15:10:10
dorkdork	Bruce	2003-08-08 18:10:52
my hypothesis.	dorkdork	2003-08-05 19:45:30
answer	banerd	2003-08-01 16:39:42
re: Solution	Jack Putz	2003-07-15 04:26:52
re: Answer???	Jack Putz	2003-07-15 04:25:23
Solution	Chaz	2003-05-03 09:18:20
No Subject	silvis	2003-03-29 10:42:26
Solution	Mike Convente	2003-03-24 12:23:03
Answer	np_rt	2003-03-24 08:19:34
hydrogen bonds	bill calamari	2003-03-24 04:40:06
No Subject	Rosalind	2003-03-23 22:26:16
Answer???	chris	2003-03-23 19:14:10

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