Freezing water expands. What if you don't let it?
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REFERENCES
Page with TONS of info about water and ice
https://water.lsbu.ac.uk/water/water_density.html
Specifically, a graph showing density & temperature & pressure along the phase line!!!!!
https://water.lsbu.ac.uk/water/images/ice_water_density_1.gif
Water freezing in isochoric conditions (theory):
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-020-0303-9
Water pressure/density calculator
https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/water-density
http://www.csgnetwork.com/water_density_calculator.html
Article about pressure vs temperature vs volume expansion: Using freezing as a source of energy
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-018-0139-z#:~:text=It%20is%20well%20known%20that,energy%20using%20a%20hydraulic%20motor.
Latent heat of water at 0C
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_124#:~:text=A%20total%20of%20334%20J,the%20latent%20heat%20of%20fusion.
Mariana Trench
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Trench#:~:text=At%20the%20bottom%20of%20the,atmospheric%20pressure%20at%20sea%20level.
Regelation on wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regelation#:~:text=Regelation%20is%20the%20phenomenon%20of,heavy%20weight%20attached%20to%20it.
Using Ice VI to freeze meat without tissue damage
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309174003001931
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