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What is anomalous expansion of water? What are its effects?

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Water attains its maximum density at 4°C. ... The density of ice is lower, and so it floats on water. This anomalous expansion of water is an abnormal property of water whereby it expands instead of contracting when the temperature goes from 4°C to 0°C, and it becomes less dense

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