2007-09-10 15:10:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
I believe what you are looking for is the term density. At what temperature is water the most dense. I am most dense at 4 degrees C.
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2007-09-10 15:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by Water 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As has been said... 4°C
It's a strange property of water that it's not freezing point when it's at it's 'heaviest'.
It's not quite right to say heaviest. Imagine you had a bucket full of water, if you warm it up or down you still have the same amount of water so it's just as heavy (has the same weight).
As the water cools down it becomes more dense, it's the same amount of water (same weight) but squashed into a smaller space. If the water keeps cooling below 4°C it begins to expand until it reaches 0°C when it freezes.
2007-09-11 19:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Water changes density as it changes temperature. In lakes, temperature structure is complicated by the fact that fresh water is heaviest at 3.98 °C (degrees Celsius).
2007-09-10 22:40:37 · answer #3 · answered by fmed64 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not heaveiest but most dense. At 4 degrees water is most dense; this is why ice (0 degrees and less dense) floats on the cold water in polar regions
2007-09-10 23:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wellllll lets see now water is most heaviest when the molecules become less active and all heat(moisture)is released from liqiud which would give you a complete freeze and that would occur at 3.86 degrees
2007-09-10 22:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by dksatch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure.. but at 4 degree C, the water is the most compressed..
2007-09-10 22:21:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋