Ice

Icicles

Description

The solid form of water. Ice is less dense than water and thus the same volume of liquid will fill a greater space when it solidifies. Dissolved salts can significantly decrease the temperature for freezing/melting ice.

See also Ice melter and Freeze-thaw cycle

Composition	H2O
Density	0.917
Refractive Index	1.3049, 1.3062

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  Ice formations

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: density=0.917; ref. index = 1.3049, 1.3062 (A)