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The density of water at 4 °C is 1 gram per milliliter (1 g/mL).

There are 236.588 mL in one cup.

So 1 cup of pure water weighs about 236.588 g (about 8.3454 ounces, avoirdupois)

This is true at 4°C (39.2 °F) where water is the densest (1000 kg/m3, and is pretty close at most other temperatures above freezing and below the boiling point of water. Water at room temperature is 998.2 kg/m3.

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The density of water at 4 °C is 1 gram per milliliter (1 g/mL).

There are 236.588 mL in one Cup.

So 1 Cup of water weighs 236.588 g.

There are 28.3495 grams per ounce, so 1 C of water weighs 8.3454 ounces.

This is true at 4°C (39.2 °F), and is pretty close at most other temperatures above freezing and below the boiling point of water.

In simpler terms, one ounce of water, at boiling, weighs one ounce. Add about 5% to the weight for water at room temperature. ..
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A cup of water weighs 8.3 ounces.

A cup of ice weighs 7.7 ounces.

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Depending on the cup volume; if the cup has a capacity of 200 mL the weight is 200 g because the density of water is 1 g/cm3.

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A cup of ice weighs more.

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It depends how small it is crushed and how tightly it's packed. The smaller it's crushed and more tightly it's packed, the heavier it is as there is more ice and less space between the pieces of ice. In the most finely crushed and firmly packed volumes of the frozen stuff, the cubic foot of crushed ice will approach being a solid block. A cubic foot of water weighs about 62.4 pounds. A solid block of ice of the same volume weighs about 57.5 pounds. A cubic foot of "normal" crushed ice might weigh 35 to 45 pound range. And it could weigh more or less.


Ice floats on water why?

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How long do one cup of 100C water freeze to ice?

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When ice melts does it get heavier or lighter?

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One liter of water weighs more than 1 liter of ice?

One liter of water weighs more than 1 liter of ice. This is because water expands when it is frozen, thus the liquid water will have more water compared to the ice.


Which has more mass 1 cup of water or 1 cup of ice?

They are virtually the same


Which weigh more water or ice?

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If the crushed ice was in water will it melt faster than crushed ice by itself in a cup?

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Why do ice not floats?

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Do ice and water have the same density?

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Which weighs more a liter of water at 20 C or 1 dm3 piece of ice at -4 C?

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Will water overflow when the ice in the cup completely filled with water melts completely?

If you are asking if a cup filled with water and ice, when the ice melts, will the water overflow, then the answer is no. As the ice becomes water, then it loses its ability to displace the water that it was first displacing as it was ice. So in the end, the water level won't raise or fall as the ice melts, it just replaces the space it once filled with water, leaving you with a full cup of water.


If ice melts in cup of water what produces in the cup?

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Which takes up more space - one cup of liquid water or one cup of ice?

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How much water does 1 cup of ice make?

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