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Does water expand?

When 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.


How much does water expand when it freezes?

water exspands 25milimeters. ----------------------------------------------------------- The answer above is not correct. The expansion of water after freezing is approx. 9 %. This phenomenon is due to the fact that hydrogen bonds between water molecules are stronger at low temperatures.


When water freezes to form ice what connect the water molecules?

hydrogen bonds


When water freezes there is an increase in what type of bonds?

When water freezes, there is an increase in hydrogen bonds. As the temperature decreases, water molecules come closer together, forming a crystalline structure in which hydrogen bonds become more stable and stronger, leading to the solidification of water into ice.


Can you keep ice from expanding?

can you keep water from expanding when it freezes?


Does freezing an object cause an object to expand?

Yes, freezing an object can cause it to expand. Water, for example, expands when it freezes, which is why ice cubes take up more space than liquid water. This is due to the formation of a crystalline structure in the freezing process, which requires the molecules to move further apart.


Does 20 percent of water expand as it freezes?

It is not that 20 per cent of the water expands - all of the water expands.


Can water freeze if it has no room to expand?

yes it can. it will just break the object containing, and if not possible, compress into super ice.


What is the name of the law of chemistry or physics that makes water expand when it freezes?

the law of anomalous expansion of water.