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Perhaps not related, but doesn't water shrink when it transitions from ice to liquid water? I know it increases in density (thus ice floats).
by hcrisp 11y ago
Perhaps not related, but doesn't water shrink when it transitions from ice to liquid water? I know it increases in density (thus ice floats).
- zaphar 11y agoI think the more interesting thing about the Scandium Triflouride is that it appears not to undergo a phase transition even at extreme temperatures. Water changes density and I believe size also when it undergoes the phase transition from liquid to solid but I think the within the phases it behaves like most regular materials. I could be wrong about that.
- hcarvalhoalves 11y agoPro tip: If the density changes, it can only be due to volume - it can't gain mass.
- tbrownaw 11y agoLiquid water is densest at about 4C. Any colder than that and it starts expanding, even before freezing.
- savanaly 11y agoThe funny thing is that whenever I have to remember whether stuff in general expands or contracts when heated/cooled I immediately think of water and have my answer. But then I have to remember to reverse my answer because that's the one big exception to the rule.