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प्रश्न
Explain the following
A glass bottle completely filled with water and tightly closed at room temperature is likely to burst when kept in the freezer of a refrigerator.
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उत्तर
Inside the freezer, when the temperature of water falls below 4°C, the water in the bottle starts expanding. If the bottle is completely filled and tightly closed, there is no space for water to expand, and hence, the bottle may burst.
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