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The solid form of water. Ice is less dense than water and thus the same volume of liquid will fill a greater space when it solidifies. Dissolved salts can significantly decrease the temperature for freezing/melting ice.
 
The solid form of water. Ice is less dense than water and thus the same volume of liquid will fill a greater space when it solidifies. Dissolved salts can significantly decrease the temperature for freezing/melting ice.
  
See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ice%20melter ice melter] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=freeze-thaw%20cycle freeze-thaw cycle]
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See also [[ice melter]] and [[freeze-thaw cycle]]
  
 
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Revision as of 14:15, 16 January 2014

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Description

The solid form of water. Ice is less dense than water and thus the same volume of liquid will fill a greater space when it solidifies. Dissolved salts can significantly decrease the temperature for freezing/melting ice.

See also Ice melter and Freeze-thaw cycle

Composition H2O
Density 0.917
Refractive Index 1.3049, 1.3062

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Authority

  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: density=0.917; ref. index = 1.3049, 1.3062 (A)

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