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Diego Varen

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*Shrugs shoulders, as I don't know the answer*

 

Why does water act the way it does? When it freezes, it expands, instead of becoming more compact, and it's denser than it is as a liquid... Why in the world does water do that? As far as I know, when soemthing get's cold, it's molecules are supposed to becoem denser and more close together, but water spreads out. So technically water shouldn't be dense when it freezes, because it expands, and it's molecules are farther apart. But it's more solid when it expands into frozen form... I just don't get it... Heat makes things expand, melt, evaporate, and be pliable... But with water it's like it works both ways... When it's cold, it expands, but it's denser expanded. yet when it's heated, it melts and evaporates. but that's what cold also does to it. shouldn't cold conditions in this case make water evaporate then? It doesn't make sense...

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