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Water is unique. It expands in volume when heated, and also expands in volume when frozen (hence, burst water pipes (unless insulated) when there is a thaw after freezing winter weather).

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The waters volume increases by aprox 9%

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When water freezes its volume expands.

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When water freezes the volume increases.

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What happens to the volume of a water balloon when it freezes?

As the water freezes, it will expand.


What happens to volume of water when it freezes?

it remain the same as it has definite volume.


What happens the volume of water when freezes?

Increases.


What happens to the mass when water freezes?

No, as long as it is the same peice of ice. The volume and the density change but not the mass


When water freezes what does the volume do?

Increases.


How do you design a simple equipment to find out what happens to the volume of water when it freezes?

just take a cup of water and put it into the freezer.wait for about 2hourstake it out and weigh it


What happens to the volume of a beaker when ice melts in it?

The volume of a beaker doesn't change, it's a beaker. What your were probably trying to ask is what happens to the volume of the ice when it melts. The volume decreases; water is special. Unlike other substances when it freezes it expands. That is why ice floats, it is less dense then water.


Is volume of water higher when it freezes?

Yes.


When water freezes its volume?

Increases by about 9%. Water is one of the few liquids that expands when it freezes.


Water expands as it freezes can you define a coefficient of volume expansion for the freezing force?

The coefficient of the thermal expansion of water is equal to .00021. Water expands by 9% of its volume when it freezes.


Water when it freezes increases in volume by?

5-10%


How does the volume of a kilogram of water when change when it freezes?

it changes because when it freezes, the molecules within the water slows down thus changing the placement of it, which also changes the over size or volume of water.