Titanic sink

Chemistry Level 1

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 15 April 1912 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The solid form of most substances is denser than the liquid phase; thus, a block of most solids will sink in the liquid. However, a block of ice floats in liquid water because ice is less dense. (The above right is the density of ice and water as a function of temperature.) Which of following is relevant to this phenomenon?

polarity of water internal pressure of water hydrogen bond of ice entropy

Lakshan Dumpa by Lakshan Dumpa , 24, India

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Tanya Gupta
Feb 22, 2014

Hydrogen bonding in ice causes it to have air spaces between molecules...thus decreasing density....

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hydrogen bond create space so deficencey accure in density

zahid syed - 7 years, 3 months ago

Can we say that more disordered arrangement of water molecules are relatively higher which occupy space more efficiently?

Lu Chee Ket - 5 years, 4 months ago

its water pressure due tolayer of ice

zahid syed - 7 years, 3 months ago

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