SOLUTION: explain why if u dissolve 10cm cube of salt in 50cm cube of water the total volume is not 60cm cube? this is science.

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Question 830498: explain why if u dissolve 10cm cube of salt in 50cm cube of water the total volume is not 60cm cube?
this is science.

Answer by LinnW(1048) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Roughly, the salt molecules fit between water molecules in some sense, so that the total space occupied is less than 60cm. I do not remember how to figure out how much less.