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Why does ice float on water instead of sinking?
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Thank you all, the hexagonal lattice part finally makes sense to me now.
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Why does ice float on water instead of sinking?
In class we learned that solids are denser than liquids, so they sink. But ice is the solid form of water and it floats. Our teacher said it is about the structure of the molecules but I did not understand the part about the hexagonal shape. Can someone explain it simply?
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