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When liquid water becomes solid ice, it expands. This is because the lattice structure that gives it definite shape forces the molecules slightly farther apart than they are in the liquid.
When water freezes, it expands because of its peculiar molecular structure as ice. Instead of molecules fitting nicely together, water molecules form round molecular bonds with a large hole in the center, like a donut. This both makes it less dense than liquid water, and it also makes it expand.
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∙ 13y agoWater expands when frozen. If you would like to see how, use a water bottle, fill it completely with water so it is reaching the top of the bottle, put it in a refridgerator, you will see that it expands and cracks the bottle.
water expands 10% more when frozen ..
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∙ 9y agoWater expands on freezing.
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What happens to the volume of a water balloon when it freezes?
As the water freezes, it will expand.
Why does gasoline shrink in cold weather?
Most materials shrink in cold weather and expand in hot weather because the molecules slow down when cold The most notable exception, of course, is water, which expands as it freezes.
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.
What type of bonds cause water to expand when it freezes?
Hydrogen bonds
Will hot water shrink a cork?
No. It may soften the cork but if anything hot water will make the cork expand.
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
Why does gasoline shrink in cold weather?
Most materials shrink in cold weather and expand in hot weather because the molecules slow down when cold The most notable exception, of course, is water, which expands as it freezes.
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.
A balloon is blown up and put into a fridge what will happen to the siz of the balloon?
If the balloon is filled with water, and the water freezes, the balloon will expand and may burst. This is because at temperatures below 4ºC, water begins to expand and as it turns to ice, it has a larger volume than when it was liquid.
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.
Why is water considered an unusual molecule?
The molecular bonds cause water to expand when it freezes.
What type of bonds cause water to expand when it freezes?
Hydrogen bonds
How do rocks change when water in them freezes?
As the water freezes in the cracks of rocks,the cracks expand. The process repeats itself and the rock eventually breaks.
