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Q: What type of bonds cause water to expand when it freezes?
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Why is water considered an unusual molecule?

The molecular bonds cause water to expand when it freezes.


Does water expand?

When it freezes.


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

As the water freezes, it will expand.


Does salt water expand when it freezes?

NO


When water freezes it expands?

Yes, it will expand.


What happens if water freezes in a crack of a rock?

The crack would expand because the water in the rock, as it freezes, expands.


Why does water expand by 10 percent when it freezes?

Its very unusual for a substance to expand when it freezes, water is just odd that way. Its just a property of water, its moleucles expand in the area they take up and take up more space.


When water freezes there is an increase in what type of bonds?

Hydrogen bonds with wather molecues.


How much does water expand when it freezes?

water exspands 25milimeters. ----------------------------------------------------------- The answer above is not correct. The expansion of water after freezing is approx. 9 %. This phenomenon is due to the fact that hydrogen bonds between water molecules are stronger at low temperatures.


At what temperature does water expand?

when it is in the form of ice. When water freezes it expands. If a rock has a crack in it and water goes in the crack and freezes, it will expand and melt over and over. eventually it can split the rock.


When water freezes to form ice what connects the water molecules?

hydrogen bonds


When water freezes to form ice what connect the water molecules?

hydrogen bonds