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Standard VIII
Physics
Anomalous Expansion of Water
At 4oC, wat...
Question
At
4
o
C
, water starts _______ and continues to do so till
0
o
C
.
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Solution
At 4
∘
C
, water starts contracting(shrinking) and it continues to do so till 0
∘
C
. It is called anatomous expansion of water.
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