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Water turns to ice which expands
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What change takes place in the liquid inside a thermometer when the thermometer is placed into something cold?
The liquid in thermometers contracts when placed in something cold (and expands when placed in something hot.)
Does a liquid expand when frozen?
No. Most liquids contract when they freeze. Water is unique in that it expands.
Why does a can of pop expands when frozen?
This is an odd characteristic of water and water-based drinks, that the frozen form of it is less dense than the solid form of it. If frozen water sat in water, then it would float. if any other solid form of a liquid sat in its liquid form, it would sink. Water expands when it freezes, but most elements dont. The "water" inside these cans are already pressured, so when it expands when frozen, its too much for the can to handle and it bursts.
Why does ice shrink when it freezes?
Water actually becomes less dense, or expands, when frozen. When liquid water reaches it's freezing point, the water molecules rearrange themselves into a lattice structure. Due to the nature of the water molecules, they arrange themselves in such a way as to make it less dense than it was in it's liquid form, which is why ice floats on top of liquid water.
What property of mercury makes it a good material for thermometer?
It's a liquid over a fair range of temperatures and it expands and contracts noticeably with small changes in temperature.
Matter expands or contracts to fill the space available?
Liquid Not liquids,gases.
What is a physical propertie of water?
its liquid and it expands when frozen.
What change takes place in the liquid inside a thermometer when the thermometer is placed into something cold?
The liquid in thermometers contracts when placed in something cold (and expands when placed in something hot.)
Does a gallon of liquid water equal to a gallon of liquid water with ice cubes?
No, not exactly. Water expands when it is frozen, so a gallon containing only liquid water and a gallon containing a mix of liquid and frozen water will have different volumes when the liquid melts. That is, the second gallon will be less full, as the water contracts when it melts.
What is really cool about water?
Water is the only liquid that expands when frozen.
What thermal expasion?
Its when a liquid freezes and expands or contracts. Ex. Water when it freezes has more mass than the liquid
What is thermal expasion?
Its when a liquid freezes and expands or contracts. Ex. Water when it freezes has more mass than the liquid
What happens to water when frozen that doesn't happen to any other liquid?
It expands
What is the thermometric property used in a mercury thermometer?
Not just a property of liquid but of all matter. All matter expands when heated and contracts when cooled, in thermometers the liquid, usually an alcohol, expands when heated lengthening the little line.
Does a liquid expand when frozen?
No. Most liquids contract when they freeze. Water is unique in that it expands.
Does water expand or contract when frozen?
expands because hydrogen bond operates the molecules and increase the average distance between molecules
What is a liquid metal that expands and contracts as the temperature changes and is the metal used in thermometers called?
It is dew or ozone
