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Re: does water freeze if no room to expand?



At 05:08 PM 11/2/01 -0500, Robert Cohen wrote:

Suppose liquid water was placed in a container such that there was no room
to expand. If the container was unbreakable, would the water eventually
freeze if the temperature got cold enough?
If so, when?

Hint: Estimate the maximum pressure obtained by freezing at constant volume.

Hint: You can estimate that from the well-known volume change at
atmospheric pressure, and the well-known compressibility.

Hint: Find the freezing point at that pressure.
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/water/phase.html