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does water freeze if no room to expand?



A student of mine asked me this question:

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?

I didn't look into this in great detail. I couldn't find anything in the
archives or on the web.

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Robert Cohen rcohen@po-box.esu.edu
570-422-3428 http://www.esu.edu/~bbq
Department of Physics
East Stroudsburg University
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
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