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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))
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∙ 15y agoExamples include Silicon, which is used in various electronic and technological applications; Bismuth, which in alloys and compounds can be found in chemical and pharmaceutical applications; Antimony; and Gallium.
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∙ 11y agono, most liquids expand as their temperature rises, but water starts to expand with cooling below 4 degrees celsius through its freezing process. does anything else expand as it freezes?
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∙ 13y agoyes because hydrogen and oxygen are the only ones that have the ability
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∙ 10y agoit is because of molecular arrangment so it expands when frozen
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Do liquids expands when heated?
Only one liquid expands when heated and thats water the most common liquid.
In what ways are water and ice different?
The difference is the temperature. Temperature is a measure of average molecular kinetic energy, or in layman's terms, the average speed of the molecules. Molecules that are moving very quickly are "hot", while when the molecules move slowly they are "cold". This is in contrast to phase changes, which occur when water, or any other substance, is converted from one state of matter (water, liquid, or gas) to another.
What happens to the volume of a liquid when it becomes a solid?
Water is unique in that it does not get denser as it freezes. This unique fact has allowed life to evolve on the planet. If ice was more dense then water, we would not have ice on top of water. it would freeze and fall to the bottom of the lake, ocean or whatever and kill everything below.
Which substance can be separated into simpler substances only by chemical means?
studyisland answer : water
As water freezes it expands?
Yes, water does frezee as it expands because of the presure. For example, if there was a hole in a rock and you put water in the rock and let it sit over night on a cool night the rock might crack. This proves that the pressure of ice freezing is higher than the rock's pressure.
Is hot water denser than frozen water?
Yes, water is unique in that it is the only substance that expands when frozen. Therefore ice will be less dense in terms of water molecules than room temperature water or heated water
What is really cool about water?
Water is the only liquid that expands when frozen.
Why does ice shrink when it freezes?
Water actually becomes less dense, or expands, when frozen. When liquid water reaches it's freezing point, the water molecules rearrange themselves into a lattice structure. Due to the nature of the water molecules, they arrange themselves in such a way as to make it less dense than it was in it's liquid form, which is why ice floats on top of liquid water.
What property of water that causes roadways to deteriorate more in winter than in summer?
When water freezes it expands, the only substance know to do so when it changes from a liquid to a solid.
Why is frozen water so unique?
Water is the only substance that the solid form is less dense than the liquid. This means that it floats. This is very useful because otherwise, the whole ocean would be frozen!
Does a gallon of liquid water equal to a gallon of liquid water with ice cubes?
No, not exactly. Water expands when it is frozen, so a gallon containing only liquid water and a gallon containing a mix of liquid and frozen water will have different volumes when the liquid melts. That is, the second gallon will be less full, as the water contracts when it melts.
Where does frost occur?
Frost wedging occurs in small cracks in the rock where water seeps in. The water then freezes and expands (fun fact: water is the only knowns natural substance that expands when freezing, and is also the only substance capable of existing in all three basic states of matter--liquid, solid, and gas--at naturally occurring temperatures), which then splits--or "wedges--the rock apart. I've attached an image for graphic demonstration.
Water is the only substance on earth that?
Water has many unique properties that enabled life to evolve on Earth. The one that is unique is that it expands when it freezes, thus lowering its density. This means that ice floats on water. It is the only compound or element where the solid form floats on the liquid form.
Do liquids expands when heated?
Only one liquid expands when heated and thats water the most common liquid.
Why water is the only substance when freeze float on the surface of water?
Because the volume of frozen water (Ice) is more than in the liquid form. therefore an ice cube replaces more water hence it floats on the surface of water.
What portion of the fresh water is frozen into ice?
Only 2 percent of fresh water is frozen in glaciers.
Which state of matter expands more when cooled?
Water ice is the most commonly met substance which expands when cooled, even if in the case of ice, it is over a limited temperature range. Additionally, several elements also do so. Ga, Si, Sb, Ge, Bi are the only ones I know of.
