Ice floats because _____.

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Ice floats because it is less dense than water. Water has a density of 1.0 gm/cubic cm.
The density of ice Ih is 0.931 gm/cubic cm.

Nebu answered Mar 9, 2019

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Its density is less than anything that it is submerged in

Viet Tran answered Mar 11, 2019

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