Water comes in three different forms, or phases: liquid, solid or gas. Trouble tends to arise right at the point where one phase changes to another.
Freezing, turning liquid water into ice, comes with expansion. Ice occupies 9 percent more volume than the equivalent amount of liquid water.
Rudi Kiefer: Beware risks of pipes freezing in winter
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