Ok let's assume that you really have your unbreakable container then the pressure inside the container would certainly rise and that would affect the freezing point of the water.
Here http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/phase.html you can find a phase diagram of water which shows in which state water is at a certain pressure and temperature. This diagram shows that there is not only one kind of ice but different ones depending on the pressure.
So I would assume that if you cool down the water in your container, it would create pressure first and then freeze into another kind of ice with a different crystal structure than normal ice.
2006-07-11 09:30:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, expansion is a product of water freezing. It will always expand. If the water is in an "unbreakable" container, then I would ASSUME that the friction of the frozen water in the center would be pressing against the sides and cause enough heat to not freeze completely.
2006-07-11 09:05:23
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answered by Neo Taoist Techno Pagan 1
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No material, solid, liquid or gas. is perfectly incompressible. There is always a relationship between pressure, temperature, and density called the "Equation of State". Given any two, one can calcuate the third. The freezing point will change, true, but it'll still freeze if the container gets a little colder. The ice then will simply be under great pressure (10's of thousand of atmospheres, perhaps) if the density is not allowed to change from it's initial value.
2006-07-12 17:28:50
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answered by Dr. R 7
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If you did find an extremely strong substance and attempted to freeze the water, it probably wouldn't freeze because of the pressure that is being pushed onto the sides of the container. It would keep the water from freezing by maintaining a steady amount of heat.
2006-07-11 09:27:49
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answered by IspeakToRocks 2
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If you were able to find such a container, that wouldnt allow for breakage or expansion, I dont think the water would freeze. My reason being that such a container would most likely be an insulator. The ultimate thermos, if you will. The water would not lose any heat to the freezer and would not freeze.
I may be wrong but thats just my theory.
2006-07-11 09:06:55
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answered by Ozone 4
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I think the pressure of the water in the container would rise, causing its freezing point to lower.
2006-07-11 09:23:16
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answered by bequalming 5
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There is no such thing as an unbreakable container. The water will always freeze, and the container will break.
2006-07-15 13:54:58
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answered by a.malin@sbcglobal.net 2
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2014-11-06 19:44:02
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answered by kenneth 3
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I agree with neo, hard to answer a question that has no answer because of the given parameters, but Neo's answer is great.
Keep in mind that ships caught in ice packs are crushed by the ice. Even steel ones.
2006-07-11 09:08:42
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answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6
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Yes, it's crystalline structure would be altered though.
2006-07-11 17:44:47
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answered by freebird 6
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