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JEE Advanced
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Chemistry
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Hydrogen

JEE Advanced · Chemistry · Hydrogen

Ice floats on water because:

Ice floats on water because:

Options

  1. Aits density is less than that of water
  2. Bcrystal structure of ice has empty space
  3. Cboth of the above
  4. Dnone of the above

Correct answer

C. both of the above

Step-by-step solution

Ice floats on water because its density is less than that of water which in turn is due to empty space in its crystal structure. Crystal structure of ice is regular hexagon with empty space at the centre.
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