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J. M. Vigoureux

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How can freezing water burst pipes and containers?

2018

When a water pipe or a tank completely filled with water is cooled, ice formation generates a pressure which can cause it to burst. This phenomenon is due to the fact that water increases in volume when freezing—but how to explain the expansion force of freezing water? Our aim in this paper is to show that in the case of a total phase change, even the best steels could not prevent bursting. It is also to show how ice formation occurs in isochoric cooling (constant volume) when a container that is full of water is strong enough to prevent water expansion. At the end of the paper, we give some examples taken from everyday life.

PhysicsIce formationIsochoric processGeneral Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technologyMechanics021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesPhase changeVolume (thermodynamics)0103 physical sciencesWater pipe010306 general physics0210 nano-technology[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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An investigation of the effects of molecular forces in Pascal’s barrel experiment

2018

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PhysicsClassical mechanics010304 chemical physics0103 physical sciencesGeneral Physics and Astronomy010402 general chemistry[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]01 natural sciencesPascal's barrelComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS0104 chemical sciences
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