Why does cold water sink, while warm water layers on top?

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Ricardo Pardini · Answer 1 · 2019-08-30T19:47:48+0000

Because there's more space between the molecules, a volume of hot water has fewer molecules in it and weighs a little bit less than the same volume of cold water. So hot water is less dense than cold water which allows it to layer on top

Why does cold water sink, while warm water layers on top?

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