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Are there any other materials subject to anomalous expansion except water?

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Besides water, bismuth, silicon, gallium, antimony and germanium also form solids that are less dense than the liquid at the freezing point. All of these substances are less dense because the lattice structure of the solid is less dense than the random spacing present in the liquid at the freezing point.

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