Does ice float in Titan’s lakes and seas?

Abstract

We model Titan’s lakes and seas as methane-ethane-nitrogen systems and model the buoyancy of solids in these systems assuming thermodynamic equilibrium. We find that ice will float in methane-rich lakes for all temperatures below the freezing point of pure methane and that ice will also float in ethane-rich seas provided the ice has an air porosity of greater than 5% by volume.