We know that ice floats on water because it is lighter. Can ice sink in any other liquid such as kerosene oil? State the condition under which ice sinks in other liquid.

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Objects having a density less than that of the liquid in which they are immersed, float on the surface of the liquid.
Ice floats on water because the density of ice is less than water.
Ice can sink into liquid, where the density of ice is greater than the liquid.
The density of ice is greater than kerosene oil, alcohol so it will sink into these liquids

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