Ok, so my question is rather dumb and I apologise in advance.
If I have 500ml of warm water, and I place exactly 500ml of ice into said water, when it melts will it make it up to 1L?, and if so why is global warming such an issue because isn’t there more water on earth than there is ice, so wouldn’t it just melt away. (I’m not taking away from the fact global warming I not an issue) I was just making something that needed to cool quick so I put ice in it and it made me curious!!
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No, ice is less dense than water. So it takes up more space as a solid than it will when it melts into a liquid. It’s approximately a 9% difference. So if you had 500ml of ice, once it melts you’ll only have 455ml of water.
It will still weigh the same though.
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