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Can glass float on water?

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Glass can float. Next time you do the washing up notice how a glass plate or a glass floats. That's because glass can float on water

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glass cannot float. it is denser than water causing it to sink. The only reason that the writer above has realized that the glass plate has floated is because that when you place the plate on the water you catch an air pocket. and it stays afloat the surface.

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