BRAINCAKEDensity of Water
When water freezes, bonds form between the water molecules and it turns into ice.
Ice is less dense than water.
This is because when it freezes the hydrogen bonds form an open lattice structure holding the water molecules in a fixed structure further apart than in the liquid state.
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