Liquid ocean in Uranus and Neptune

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Uranus and Neptune do not have oceans of liquid water as traditionally understood; instead, they contain a significant amount of water mixed with gases at their cores. The water present is primarily in a frozen state due to the planets' distance from the sun, and any liquid exists under extreme temperatures and pressures in a slurry form. This fluid, often referred to as a water-ammonia ocean, has high electrical conductivity. Both planets are classified as ice giants, with their compositions dominated by ice rather than gases, distinguishing them from gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn. The total mass of ice within Uranus is estimated to be between 9.3 and 13.5 Earth masses, with hydrogen and helium making up only a small fraction.
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Are there oceans of liquid water in Uranus and Neptune? I remember once reading that there were.
 
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There is no liquid water in Uranus because uranus is a gas planet but I am not sure about Neptune
 
Pleas let me correct myself there is a large quantity of water in both Neptune and Uranus but u cn only find them at their cores.
As both planets are far away from the sun the waters are frozen and mixed with loads of different gases.
 
There are certainly no oceans of liquid water on either planet, at least not oceans in the conventional sense. The mantle of those planets probably contains some H2O, but in a kind of slurry - it would be under extreme temperatures and pressures.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus

The ice mantle is not in fact composed of ice in the conventional sense, but of a hot and dense fluid consisting of water, ammonia and other volatiles.[8][55] This fluid, which has a high electrical conductivity, is sometimes called a water–ammonia ocean
 
so both planets are gas planets?
 
This fluid, which has a high electrical conductivity, is sometimes called a water–ammonia ocean.[56] The bulk compositions of Uranus and Neptune are very different from those of Jupiter and Saturn, with ice dominating over gases, hence justifying their separate classification as ice giants.

The total mass of ice in Uranus's interior is not precisely known, as different figures emerge depending on the model chosen; however, it must be between 9.3 and 13.5 Earth masses.[8][54] Hydrogen and helium constitute only a small part of the total, with between 0.5 and 1.5 Earth masses.[8] The remainder of the mass (0.5 to 3.7 Earth masses) is accounted for by rocky material.[8]
 
Granpa, if you are going to plagiarize Wikipedia, it looks better if you remove the pointers to the now non-existent references.
 
if I were plagerizing it don't you think that I woud have removed them. nor would I have given the link to the article itself in post 5
 

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