Water shrinks when it expands.
Water DOES NOT shrink it expands. It shrinks like it is supposed to at first. When it hits 4 degrees Celsius (39 degrees F.), it expands greatly.
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Water expands when it freezes, increasing in volume by about 9%. This expansion is why ice is less dense than liquid water, causing it to float.
melting. absorbing of heat of fusion.
Non-frozen water has no effect on the mass of a material because the mass remains constant regardless of its state as a liquid or solid.
Ice is considered a solid because it is the frozen form of water. It is made up of water molecules that are arranged in a specific crystal lattice structure. At room temperature, ice will melt and transform into the liquid state, water.
No, not all frozen liquids will float on their corresponding liquid. Whether a frozen liquid will float or sink depends on the density of the liquid when frozen compared to its density when in liquid form. Honey, for example, will sink when frozen because it is denser than its liquid form.
No heat (energy) is required to freeze water (from liquid to solid). Freezing RELEASES energy (heat), as it is an exothermic event. If you want to know how much energy is release, you need to know the heat of fusion for water, and then multiply that by the mass of water being frozen.