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Salt water. There are plenty of explanations why salt water is denser. Basically, because salt is denser.
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β 14y agoBecause Sugar becomes disolved into the water, the water is "heavier" with sugar in it than without. Therefore when you add sugar to water, it becomes a denser material than water. If you put dye in sugar water, and then pour it into regular water, you will probably find that the sugar water sinks to the bottom. Of course, the laws of fluid dynamics require the dye and the sugar water to mix with the plain water, so it may not be a night and day kind of contrast, but it will more than likely be visible if the experiment is done with enough volume of ingredients.
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β 11y agoThere is no simple, yes or no, answer.
One type of solution is not always more dense. The density of sugar water or salt water depends on the quantity of sugar or salt that one puts into the solution.
But, one can explain why the density of a solution changes and explain why a solution of dissolved ions (e.g. salt) would be different than a nonionic solution (sugar).
Compare two solutions, one salt, one sugar (sucrose) with the same density.
Put 35 grams of salt in 1 liter of water and you get about a liter plus about another milliliter of solution. The result is a salt water solution of about 1.026 grams/milliliter, the same density as ocean water.
To get this density with sucrose, you need to add about double the mass of sucrose or, 70 grams of sucrose in a liter of water yields a liter plus a couple of milliliters. The result is a sugar water solution of about 1.026 grams/milliliter.
To get the same result, you had to put in more sucrose, but the sucrose molceules are a lot larger and have a greater mass, so one needs to consider how many molecules of each type were put it. There are 108 grams/mole of sucrose and 58.45 grams/mole of NaCl so there were fewer sucrose molecules. But, since sodium chloride ionizes and sucrose does not, you got two ions for each NaCl unit, so the number of dissolved species in each case is not all that different.
If you put equal masses of sugar and salt in a solution, then salt water is more dense. If you put equal numbers of dissolved species, it is not so different.
Caveat:
There is a temperature dependence to these effects, so changing the temperature by ten or twenty degrees changes some of these numbers a bit so the exact numbers given above should not be considered accurate to more than a few per cent.
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β 16y agoSalt water. There are plenty of explanations why salt water is denser. Basically, because salt is denser.
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β 14y agosalt water. For example the ocean. when you float does it feel easier to float in than a pool?yes!
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β 10y agoSugar.
Sugar.
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β 11y agoSalt water is more dense.
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which is more dens sugar water or salt water
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β 13y agosalt water
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β 12y agoSalt
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Which is more dense fresh or salt water?
salt water
Why is sea water more dense then fresh water?
Sea water is more dense because the minerals, especially salt, make it more dense.
Why does salt in water make objects float?
Things float in water if they are less dense than the water they are floating in. Putting salt in the water makes it more dense, so things that are a little more dense than ordinary water float in salt water.
Why does fresh water float on top of salt water?
The salt makes the water more dense.
Why do ships sink more in fresh water than in salt water in respect to?
Salt water is more dense than fresh water. So when you're in salt water you float more than when you are in fresh water
Is warm salt water more dense than cold salt water?
Cold water is more dense.
Which is more dense fresh or salt water?
salt water
Is salt water less dense than tap water?
salt water is more dense than tap water
Can water dissolve more sugar or salt?
More sugar can dissolve in water than salt.
Since salt dissolves in water does this decrease its density?
Salt water will be more dense than the water, but less dense than the salt.
Do you float in salt water or fresh water which on is more dense?
Salt
Does an egg have more dense then water?
The density of liquids really depends on the suspended matter in it. If you have really dense concentration of salt in water, yes it could be denser than an egg. If you have merely a weak solution of salt, then the egg is denser... it depend on how much salt you have in the water.
Why is sea water more dense then fresh water?
Sea water is more dense because the minerals, especially salt, make it more dense.
Why does salt in water make objects float?
Things float in water if they are less dense than the water they are floating in. Putting salt in the water makes it more dense, so things that are a little more dense than ordinary water float in salt water.
Which dissolves fastest in water do sugar or salt?
Sugar dissolves faster than salt. When a substance dissolves into another substance, it turns into a solution. The substance that is dissolved is the solute.
What ingredient makes water more dense salt sugar powdered laundry detergent baking soda flour or pepper?
flour
Why is salt water more dense than fresh water and sugar water?
Salt and sugar both dissolve in water, thereby increasing its mass. Salt is approximately 40% more dense than sugar, and thereby the salt water is more dense than sugar water (when either are added in the same quantities by volume).
