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Why is it that at its freezing point, solid water(ice) has a lower density than liquid water?

April 26, 2017Chemistry density freezing Ice lower Mathematics point solid water

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Why is it that at its freezing point, solid water(ice) has a lower density than liquid water?

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Liquid water is most dense, essentially 1.00 g/cm³, at 4 °C and becomes less dense as the water molecules begin to form the hexagonal crystals of ice as the temperature drops to 0 °C.