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Q:
what is the effect of cooling for water at 4 degrees celsuis?
- haidy (age 18)
egypt
A:
Water has a peculiar property that when it is cooled from temperatures above 4
o C it becomes more dense. However between 4
o and 0
o it becomes slightly less dense and when it freezes into ice the density becomes considerably less. That is the reason why ice floats in water.
LeeH
(published on 11/08/2011)
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