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locked up in hexagon shaped framework, in three dimensions, small space between these six molecules, giving ice a slighly lower density than liquid water. water molecules are hydrogen bonded together

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Technically, the molecules are close together and vibrate in place. They do not stay move fast enough to overcome the attraction between them.

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When the molecules are moving slowly.

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