"Douglas de Lacey" wrote in message
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wrote:

erm, no it won't - think about the chemistry first.

Ice is a lattice structure (like a diamond), and it takes energy for
the molecules to move into the lattice. ...

Hey - that's physics, not chemistry.

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting" (Ernest Rutherford; I
think nowadays we'd say maths or stamp collecting given much of modern
physics).

But in a different thread, has recently written

I stumbled across this while looking for the coefficient of expansion
of water...

http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/anmlies.html

Chris.

which discusses this and 40 other interesting properties of water.

Douglas de Lacey

I thank you for that link, it brought back a few memories.

I used to work in the Fire Brigade and, as you would expect, water plays a
major part in their activities. During lectures I often asked my class "why
cold water could be lifted (sooked up) from a greater lift than warmer
water" and "if heat rises, why does ice form on the surface of a pond and
not at the bottom".

This link explained it technically but would go over the head of most of the
students. The samples were only used as a point of interest.

Sorry for going OT a bit

Bill