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To: expatpat

Water to ice however does not generate a 1,600 times increase in volume like water to steam does.


224 posted on 03/23/2011 9:01:27 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: blackdog

No, but vapor is a hell of lot more compressible than solid ice, and that is important when calculating the forces produced.


259 posted on 03/24/2011 7:38:03 AM PDT by expatpat
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