BUOYANCY
What are needed:
. A glass of about 250ml capacity
. Two Ice Cubes
. Water
WHAT TO DO
. Take some Water in the glass
. Drop the Ice Cubes in Water
What to observe
. As you Drop Ice Cubes in Water, Ice Cubes floats in Water and Water level rises, mark the level ( with a marker or sketch pen)
. When the Cubes melts completely, Does the Water level increase or decrease?
WHAT IS GOING ON:
. Ice is lighter than water, I.e : density of Ice ( 0.917 gm/cc) is less than that of Water ( 1gm/cc) and that's why Ice floats in Water. At 0⁰ Centregrade temperature, 11cc of Water freezes to produce 12cc Ice. So when you place Ice Cubes in Water, it floats keeping 1/12th part of it's volume above Water and rest( 11/12th part) inside Water. Volume of Water decreases after Ice melts. So, on melting the portion of the Ice Cubes, which is above Water, can't raise the Water level and you see that Water remains at the same level, I.e: level marked immediately after the Ice was placed in Water. In simpler terms we may say effective volume of displaced Water remained same after complete melting of Ice.
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