Hypothetically, If you took an unbreakable, unbendable box, and filled it to the absolute max with water, and put it in freezing temperatures, would the water in the box freeze? (Remember, ice expands) This question has been bugging me and i can't find an answer anywhere!
2006-12-14 08:43:06 · 6 answers · asked by climburr 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Hypothetically, If you took an unbreakable, unbendable box, and filled it to the absolute max with water, and put it in freezing temperatures, would the water in the box freeze? (Remember, ice expands) And please explain your answer. Why would it or why would it not freeze? This question has been bugging me and i can't find an answer anywhere!
2006-12-14 08:50:42 · update #1
Why? Please explain your answers.
2006-12-14 08:51:12 · update #2
Yes, water has air mixed in it. Water can't be compressed and it expands while frozen. But when you boil it it drives out all the air molecules in the water and there is a lot of air mixed in the water as you can see from the bubbles. So what would happen is that during the freezing-crystallization process the air molecules suspended in the water molecules would be driven to the top of the box because air weighs less than water. While water can not be compressed, air can be compressed as you have seen in bicycle and car tires. The compression of the air would create enough room for the water to expand enough to become ice.
2006-12-14 09:03:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no box is unbreakable. And while we're at it, "unbreakable objects" i.e nalgene bottles can withstand strong forces because they are allowed to bend within a certain degree. Brittle things will tend to snap because of this and that little saying "those who cannot change will die" comes from this as well.
Since you mentioned that the box is unbendable, i'd imagine that the box will buckle for a minute and then the box will split apart at the sides.
then again, i also see another situation. The box implodes on itself because of the difference in pressures from the surounding . Because the air is trying to rush in at a rapid rate and the pressure is trying to be relieved, the box will break.
This is what i think, i happily await criticisms
2006-12-14 17:00:39 · answer #2 · answered by (+_+) B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Water would still freeze, even in an unbreakable box. The box would only be unbreakable from the outside.
2006-12-14 16:51:24 · answer #3 · answered by ensign183 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure it would not freeze. The pressure would be enormous though, so you have to assume a fictional box that really truly is totally unbreakable and will not stretch either.
2006-12-14 16:49:30 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty sure it would freeze, although maybe at a lower temperature than normal.
I base this on the fact that at 0 degrees Kelvin, everything is supposed to freeze.
(Might be faulty logic, but it works for me.) :-)
2006-12-14 17:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by Dennis_Yates 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-12-14 16:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋