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Old 05-10-2007, 10:08 AM
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Roughly 11.11% of an ice cube will be above the water level. This part of the ice is not displacing any of the water it is floating in.

This means that if you have a 100 litre ice cube (ok, really big drink!), then 11.11 litres of that ice cube will be floating above the level of the water.

Ice generally has a volume 9% greater than that of water, so roughly 1 litre of volume will be lost when the ice above the water level melts. Also roughly 8 litres of volume will be lost whn the ice below the water level melts. This leaves you with 2.11 litres of water to raise the level of your glass.

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