11.04.01 - Why does water expand when it freezes? - Science Scrapbook episode artwork

EPISODE · Mar 31, 2011 · 2 MIN

11.04.01 - Why does water expand when it freezes? - Science Scrapbook

from Naked Science Scrapbook, iTunesU · host Sarah Castor-Perry, The Naked Scientists

Why does ice float in the cool summer drink of your choice? And why don't ponds and lakes freeze from the bottom up, killing all the fish? Find out with the latest Naked Science Scrapbook, where we'll see that it's all down to the weird and wonderful water molecules...

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