Timeline for Why does ice melting not change the water level in a container?
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 1:24 | comment | added | paparazzo | @Oldcat And the intent of the question is clearly to ignore condensation. | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 1:20 | comment | added | paparazzo | Evaporation? That is weak. Clearly the intent of the question is to ignore evaporation. | |
| May 1, 2014 at 10:32 | comment | added | James Jenkins | @Oldcat, There are several variables, container design, humidity, air temp & water temp. Evaporation occurs with all the variables, I was assuming the condensation would occur in about half the scenarios, so left it out for simplicity. You are welcome to add it in to my answer if you believe I was mistaken on the ratio of condensation scenarios. | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 22:03 | comment | added | Oldcat | You are neglecting possible condensation of water vapor from the air on the ice, which would have the opposite effect. | |
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| Apr 30, 2014 at 16:28 | history | answered | James Jenkins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |