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Pages in category "Materials that expand upon freezing" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Freezing is a common method of food preservation that slows both food decay and the growth of micro-organisms. Besides the effect of lower temperatures on reaction rates, freezing makes water less available for bacteria growth. Freezing is a widely used method of food preservation. Freezing generally preserves flavours, smell and nutritional ...
Not all volumetric expansion is caused by the pressure of the freezing water; it can be caused by stresses in water that remains unfrozen. When ice growth induces stresses in the pore water that breaks the rock, the result is called hydrofracture. Hydrofracturing is favoured by large interconnected pores or large hydraulic gradients in the rock ...
Materials that expand upon freezing (8 P) P. Percolation theory (13 P) S. Superfluidity (38 P) T. Threshold temperatures (27 P) Pages in category "Phase transitions"
Upon freezing its volume expands, causing large forces which cracks spall off the outer surface. As this cycle repeats the outer surface repeatedly undergoes spalling, resulting in weathering. Some stone and masonry surfaces used as building surfaces will absorb moisture at their surface.
Regelation is empirical—it is a phenomenon as was, for example, Brownian Motion before, during, and arguably even after Einstein modelled it. It has been so widely observed and described that we generalise to describing it in terms of pressure causing increased surface melting.
Polymers are composed of long molecular chains which form irregular, entangled coils in the melt. Some polymers retain such a disordered structure upon freezing and readily convert into amorphous solids. In other polymers, the chains rearrange upon freezing and form partly ordered regions with a typical size of the order 1 micrometer. [3]
Freezing of a substance is a relative term, often relative to ambient temperatures. Freezing something from liquid or gas phase to a solid allows fracture but has different effects depending on the material involved and how quickly it is frozen. Freezing things slowly allows the material time to re-arrange itself internally.