Water level after melting of ice.

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When ice floating on water melts, the water level remains unchanged due to Archimedes' principle. The volume of the ice is equal to the volume of water it displaces while floating. As ice melts, it converts back to water, occupying the same volume it displaced. The expansion of water when it freezes and the subsequent contraction upon melting ensures the overall water level remains constant. Thus, the melting of floating ice does not affect the water level.
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When an ice melts on water, which was initially floating on it, the water level must get increased.
Why it remains unchanged??
 
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ajayraho said:
When an ice melts on water, which was initially floating on it, the water level must get increased.
Why it remains unchanged??

How does the volume of the ice compare with the volume of the water produced when the ice melts?
 
Have you studied Archimedes' principle?
 
When water turns to ice, it grows. The amount of growth is exactly the amount that sticks up above the water. When it melts, it shrinks to fit exactly back inside the water level. So the water level doesn't change.
 
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