19,879
edits
Changes
no edit summary
===About the Ice-Water Anomaly===
: For most [[substance]]s the [[solid]] [[State of Matter|state]] is more [[Density|dense]] than the [[liquid]] [[State of Matter|state]]. However, this is not the case for [[water]].
: In [[liquid]] [[water]] the molecules[[molecule]]s are randomly arranged and close together. In [[solid]] [[water]] the [[molecule]]s align with their [[Hydrogen]] [[atom]]s touching the [[Oxygen]] [[atom]]s of adjacent [[molecule]]s. {| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:IceWaterAnomaly.png|center|500px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The same number of [[molecule]]s takes up a larger [[volume]] in [[solid]] [[water]], so [[Ice]] is less [[Density|dense]] than [[liquid]] [[water]].|}