The density of water at 0°C is very nearly 1000 kg/m3 (it is actually 999.84 kg/m3), whereas the density of ice at 0°C is 917 kg/m3. The bulk modulus of ice is 2.20 × 109 Pa.   a. Calculate the pressure, in pascals, necessary to keep freezing water from expanding, neglecting the effect such a large pressure would have on the freezing point. (This problem gives you only an indication of how large the forces associated with freezing water might be.)

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The density of water at 0°C is very nearly 1000 kg/m3 (it is actually 999.84 kg/m3), whereas the density of ice at 0°C is 917 kg/m3. The bulk modulus of ice is 2.20 × 109 Pa.

 

a. Calculate the pressure, in pascals, necessary to keep freezing water from expanding, neglecting the effect such a large pressure would have on the freezing point. (This problem gives you only an indication of how large the forces associated with freezing water might be.) 

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