Also this:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Chemical/waterdens.html
"The expansion upon freezing comes from the fact that water crystallizes into an open hexagonal form. This hexagonal lattice contains more space than the liquid state."
I thought that this had been figured out decades ago, tbh.
"The expansion upon freezing comes from the fact that water crystallizes into an open hexagonal form. This hexagonal lattice contains more space than the liquid state."
I thought that this had been figured out decades ago, tbh.