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Slippery Science: The Physics of Ice

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What Is Pressure Melting?

pressure melting is what happens that when you apply pressure to solid ice. It's one of the most interesting phenomenon involving water, and it's not other materials. Because water is denser than ice, when ice is under pressure, it turns into some of us turns into liquid water even though the temperature is below freezing.

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