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Old 18th Jan 2008, 20:42
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Luc Lion
 
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Originally Posted by H.Finn
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At some point, it was discovered that there was a huge chunk of ice floating in the fuel tank of one of the aircraft, as the condenced water never had time to melt...
Ice floating on Jet A1, I'm having problem understanding this.
Ice has a density of 0.9167 kg/L at 0°C
Jet A1 has a density of 0.775–0.840 kg/L at 15°C (ref density being 0.81)
Their density will increase at lower temperatures with some differential, but not to the point of inverting their 10% difference...
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