Obviously I know ice is just solid water but would ice be heavier than the same volume of water if you account for the expansion of water as it freezes?
I’m only curious because I know that as water freezes it traps air molecules inside its crystalline structure so I was wondering if it trapped enough to cause a distinguishable difference in weight between the two states.
The typical ice you interact with is “lighter” than water but I’d describe it as “less dense.” There are forms of ice that are “heavier” (more dense, doesn’t float) than water but you won’t find it naturally occurring on earth, at least not in significant quantities. You can make this “heavy” ice by doing black magic chemistry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases_of_ice