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1.3 Exercise 19

Avg difficulty 2.5

The density of water at 0°C0 ° \text{C} is very nearly 1000kg/m31000 \text{kg}/\text{m}^{3} (it is actually 999.84kg/m3999.84 \text{kg}/\text{m}^{3}), whereas the density of ice at 0°C0 ° \text{C} is 917kg/m3.917 \text{kg}/\text{m}^{3} . Calculate the pressure necessary to keep ice from expanding when it freezes, neglecting the effect such a large pressure would have on the freezing temperature. (This problem gives you only an indication of how large the forces associated with freezing water might be.)

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