Does water really show abnormal behaviour below 4 degree C?? It contracts or expands??

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Solution

Yes, it might sound weird but water contracts when heated from 0 to 4 deg. C. Its the only liquid we know of that does so.

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Water expands below ___ and contracts above ___.

Water is cooled from $4^{\circ} C t o 0^{\circ} C$ . It :

(a) contracts (b) expands

(d) first expands, then contracts.

When water cools, first it expands in volume but below 4°C it starts contracting until it reaches 0°C.

Water on heating from 0 $^{\circ}$ C to 4 $^{\circ}$ C contracts and on further heating it expands.

Why does water expand when cooled while gases contract?

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