'Space ice' is less like water than previously thought
'Space ice' is less like water than previously thought
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'Space ice' is less like water than previously thought
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'Space ice' is less like water than previously thought
'Space ice' is less like water than previously thought
If something doesn't sink or float what does it do? The rest of this article I could somewhat follow, but this part makes no sense to me.
Sink = go down
Float = go up
Something with the same density as the fluid it's contained in won't spontaneously do either of those things
go up = SHE'S A WITCH!
It would be considered neutrally buoyant so it would act kind of "weightless".
Usually, ice floats on water: the density is lower than water (0.916 g/cm³, the crystalline structure of ice makes each molecule take up more volume), so the volume of some mass of ice is larger than its original water mass would have, so a fraction sticks out of the surface.
But this amorphous type of ice would not stick out of the water.