My RV antifreeze froze!
Just -27 C yesterday and I happened to notice the pink stuff in the toilet bowl was solid. Not like water ice; more like frozen slushy. The antifreeze in the jug marked good to -50C was the same. I...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Actually that is quite normal.....
The danger is not that it freezes, or Slushes. The danger is that when WATER crystalizes (Freezes) it EXPANDS
Of all the chemicals that have been discovered to date, Only ONE susbstance expends when it turns from Liquid to solid.. Only one.. And that is Water
Pink stuff... I not water.. So when it freezes it contracts, and thus it does not burst your bubble. or your plumbing.. So it's normal for it to freeze.
not true about water being the only compound exhibiting this odd behavior. Bismuth also expands when it solidifies. This property is rare, but not unique to water. Bismuth and often antinomy are used in typsetting because this compound, in the proper ratios also expands when solidifying and hence yields nice crisp type.
some data suggests silicon, and germanium expand when solidifying as well.
