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Does water expand when it is frozen?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Yes, due to the orientation of the molecules.

In the liquid state water molecules are in disorder, but when they are solid (ice), they form a regular hexagonal patterns that naturally surround empty space. The presence of this unoccupied center accounts for the expansion.

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