In mountains where temperatures get very low during winters the plastic pipe for water transportation break . Why ?
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the water pipes even break where there are low temperature because of the freezing of water and due to freezing water has a property to expand it is known as anomalous behavior of water
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Explanation:in places with very low temperatures, water in the pipes begins to freeze and expand (water has the characteristic of expanding when it freezes). As a result the pipes break because of the pressure applied by the frozen water on the pipes.
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