Entire House Fills with Ice
SteveB wrote:
Pulled out the Pocket Ref, and a cubic foot is 62.4#, and
7.48 gallons per cu/ft. So, that's 8.34 # per gallon.
Give or take a tiny bit.
A liter of water weighs 1 kg. When frozen, it's weight will
still be 1 kg. However, water expands on solidification and
the density of ice is .917 kg/l. That means 1 kg of ice is
1.0905 liters.
Thus, this soon to be demolished house with it's 100,000
gallons of water has 109,050+ gallons of ice has had its
foundation pushed out by the freezing of water and will
have its fundation sucked back in by the thaw.
Dick
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