Question

Why 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?

ICSE Class 9 Physics Chapter Heat and Energy

Answer 1

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Explanation:

It is due to anamolous expansion.The expansion of water takes place as it is cooled from 4°C to 0°C. ... Due to this expansion a glass bottle completely filled with water and tightly closed at room temperature is likely to burst when kept in a freezer of a refrigerator.

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Answer 2

Answer:

When the bottle is completely filled with water and tightly closed at room temperature is likely to burst when kept in freezer

because the water in the bottle is converted into ice and the volume of water increases, as the bottle is filled fully and closed tightly , it makes cracks on bottle and sometimes the bottle may burst