If solid water is dropped into liquid water, will the solid iron sink or float?

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Isaac Oconnor

25 March, 05:29

If solid water is dropped into liquid water, will the solid iron sink or float?

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Yesenia Patel · Answer 1

And this expansion makes ice is less dense than liquid water, which means that ice floats! ... If you drop a piece of solid iron into liquid or molten iron, it will sink before it melts.