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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.
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What is the state of water at 10 degrees Celsius?
It is a liquid.Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius and boils (turns to a gas) at 100 degrees Celsius.Between 1° and 99° Celsius, at standard pressure, water is a liquid.It's in liquid form.
Why is water the only substance that expands when frozen?
Nope. Silicon(Si), Gallium(Ga), Antimony(Sb), Bismuth(Bi) and acetic acid(CH3COOH, vinegar) all expand on freezing as well. Moreover, silicon expands more than water on freezing (10% compared to waters 8%). The trick to this is that any substance with an open tetrahedral molecular structure will also expand upon freezing. (Perhaps phosphorus oxide(s))
What is the structure of poly-oxo aluminum stearate?
A poly oxo aluminum stearate contains synthetic enamel. The formula is 70 percent soya, 20 percent MTO, and 10 percent water.
How could you calibrate a thermometer which had no scale marked?
Put it in a pot of water. Boil the water. Then mark the spot on the thermometer at which the water boils - the spot you marked will be 100 degrees celsius. Then put it in water in the freezer and mark it. The point at which the water freezes will be 0 degrees celsius. Then measure the length between 0 and 100 and make 9 equal marks for each 10 degrees and your thermometer is calibrated.
How do make 10 percent sodium thiosulfate solution?
To get 100g of solution: 10g of sodium thiosulfate + 90g of water.
Why ten centimeters of snow melts to just 1 centimeter of water?
When water freezes in expand by 10%
When water freezes its volume increases by how many percent?
9-10 %
Why when water freezes it causes its container to expand?
Because water expands cooling it from 4oC to below 0oC. The density of ice is 10% lower, meaning 10% higher volume per kg mass, so the expansion is 10%.
What type of weathering is freeze thaw?
When water freezes it expands by around 10 percent. When water that is trapped in cracks or porous layers in rock freezes and expands, it exerts pressure on the rock and splits it into smaller pieces. This leads to erosion.
Will the paint can burst when the paint freezes?
I would imagine that if you put a full can of paint in the freezer (or some other place that is very cold), if it is water based it would expand and maybe burst the can. Water is the only thing that will expand 10% when it is cold, everything else will contract.
Water when it freezes increases in volume by?
5-10%
How is the freezing and thawing of weathering of water a part of the weathering process?
When the water in the cracks freezes, it expands by 9 to 10 percent, exerting pressure on the rock, according to BBC Bitesize. This action can widen the cracks in the rock, and when the temperature rises above freezing, the ice thaws, allowing the water to seep further into the cracks.When the water in the cracks freezes, it expands by 9 to 10 percent, exerting pressure on the rock, according to BBC Bitesize. This action can widen the cracks in the rock, and when the temperature rises above freezing, the ice thaws, allowing the water to seep further into the cracks.
When water freezes it's volume increases by?
Under normal conditions, about 10%.
What is the state of water at 10 degrees Fahrenheit?
Frozen because water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Plasma is about 90 percent water and 10 percent what?
10 percent of dissovled substances
What percent of water is drinkable?
It's 10%
What percent of the water in the world is freshwater?
10%
