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Why Does Ice Float? Not So Complicated

Chemical Physics 2020-12-03 v1 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

The segmental specific heat ratio of the couple hydrogen bond defines not only the phase of Vapor, Liquid, Ice I and XI phase with a quasisolid phase that shows the negative thermal extensibility but uniquely the slope of density of water ice in different phases. Ice floats because H-O contracts less than O:H expands in the QS phase at cooling.

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@article{arxiv.2012.00842,
  title  = {Why Does Ice Float? Not So Complicated},
  author = {Chang Q Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.00842},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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