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Why does water contract when it is heated up to 4 degree Celsius?

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In which degree Celsius water heated?

100 degrees celsius


What is the temperature of water as its boiled and heated?

100 degree Celsius


If 705g of water is heated 889J how much will its temperature increase?

It take 4.2 Joules to raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius. Each gram of water is heated by 1.26 Joules, creating an increase in temperature of .3 degrees Celsius.


What happens when gypsum is heated at 120 degree Celsius?

When gypsum is heated to 120o C, it tuns into plaster of paris, after loosing about 75% of its water.


Mix some 70 degree Celsius degree water with some 40 degree Celsius water and you'll get water at?

55 degrees celsius


When water at zero degree Celsius is heated its volume?

Its volume decreases from 0° to 4°, and then increases from 4° to 10°.


When water is heated from 30 to 100 degree celsius what happened to its density?

Density decreases as expansion takes place when temperature increases.


What contracts when heated?

Almost everything expands when heated. There are a very few substances that contract when heated under certain conditions... water, for example, contracts very slightly when it is headed from 0 degrees to 4 degrees Celsius.


What is the physical state of water at 250 degree Celsius?

The boiling point of water is 100 degree celsius. Therefore water changes in to vapor after 100 degree celsius. Therefore the physical state of water at 250 degree celsius is "Gas".


What is the water that has been heated to a gas?

Water can be heated at 100 degree celsius to give steam which is the gaseous state of water


Do any matter expand when cooled and contract when heated?

Sort of. In the temperature range of 0-4 Degrees Celsius water contracts when heated and expands when cooled. Outside of this temperature range it behaves normally.


What is physical state of water at 0 degree celsius?

Water freezes at 0 degree Celsius