Explain the behavior of water in freezing temperature.?

Answer 1

At a molecular level, water becomes more dense as it approaches freezing. Though physically it does not appear so. If it did it would slowly become gellular, which we all know doesn't happen. Basically, the molecules become slower and form a tighter formation (becomming more like a solid, but still very much a liquid), arguably beccoming a better conductor for heat and electricity.

When water approaches its freezing point, the H-O-H (H20) molecules start to slow down. In liquid form, they move close together, but they are more free from each other and can still move about and fill different shapes. Once the water freezes, the molecules appear to stop moving completely (but they are moving, just in extremely small ammounts). They lock together, so to say, and have now formed a solid.

Answer 2

As water reaches freezing temperature (0 degrees Celsius), its molecules slow down and form a crystalline structure, expanding as they do so. This causes water to change from a liquid to a solid state, forming ice. During freezing, the molecules arrange themselves in a hexagonal pattern, which is why ice crystals have a six-sided shape.

Answer 3

water freezing is the conversion of liquid water into its solid state ice, this occurs at 0 degrees C.

Answer 4

Ice floats on liquid water because the density of ice is less than water in freezing temperatures.