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Water expands when it freezes so what happens if you completely fill a really strong container that can't expand with water and tried to freeze it in a freezer?
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∙ 13y ago
Water will freeze even under enormous pressure and expansion is not necessary for water to freeze. Depending on temperature and pressure, Ice can exist in 15 different phases (Ice I - Ice XV).
By compressing water for example at a temperature of -83 ºC (-117 ºF) and at 300 MPa, Ice II will form. Ice II is a rhombohedral crystalline form of ice. Your freezer is only cold enough for Ice I, so water would not turn to ice if you had a container strong enough to prevent expansion.
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