Describe the unusual expansion of water, with aid of diagrams

      

Describe the unusual expansion of water, with aid of diagrams.

  

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Raphael
If water is heated from -15oC it expands normally like any solid but only up to 0oC. At this point it starts to melt and it contracts. This contraction will be observed up to 4 oC. When heated further water starts to expand up to boiling point. This is the unusual expansion of water. This makes the top of water to freeze (0oC) in temperate countries allowing the one below to remain liquid (4oC). This supports marine life during winter.
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raphael answered the question on October 11, 2018 at 04:48


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