A glass bottle completely filled with water and tightly closed at room temperature, is likely to burst when kept in the freezer of a refrigerator. Explain why?
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As the water expands when cooled so the bottle was completely filled there was no space left for it to expand, and thus pressure was created inside that resulted in the breakage of the glass
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It is due to anomalous expansion or strange behavior of water.
The expansion of water takes place as it is cooled from 4 degrees Celsius to zero degree Celsius. This behavior is unusual because most substances contract when they are cooled. But water expand on solidifying. Due to this expansion a glass bottle completely filled with water and tightly closed at room temperature is likely to burst when it is kept in fridge.
The expansion of water takes place as it is cooled from 4 degrees Celsius to zero degree Celsius. This behavior is unusual because most substances contract when they are cooled. But water expand on solidifying. Due to this expansion a glass bottle completely filled with water and tightly closed at room temperature is likely to burst when it is kept in fridge.
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