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From: rb@houxn.UUCP (R.BOTWIN)
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Subject: Re: Ice skater & coke bottles
Message-ID: <445@houxn.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jan-84 10:37:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  6 10:37:22 1984
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Why is the notion that the pressure of an Ice skater melts the ice false??

I thought that H2O was densest at 4 deg C and since it exists as a liquid
at that temperature, the pressure causes melting.

That was also the explanation for freezing pipes bursting, since unlike
other substances, water EXPANDS when freezing (below 4 C)



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