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Does water expand when it's cooled?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

It does except when the temperature is close to 4 Celsius degrees. At this temperature water actually expends a little bit. But when you move further from 4 degrees towards negative temperatures it starts to shrink again as does when it comes from higher temperatures to 4 Celsius.

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