Re: Simple freezing of water

camper <camper92663@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I realize that water freezes "bigger" than when it was liquid but I am
wondering how pipes burst.
It *seems* to me that a small volume of water in a small diameter and
length of pipe would only break the pipe if *both* ends were cut off
from expansion... capped as it were.
If a pipe full of water was capped off at only one end wouldn't the
water froze (if was not an instantaneous freeze)... wouldn't the ice
sort of extrude itself out one end of the pipe by following the line of
least resistance?

Amateur question I know... I just happen to find a place to post it!
hahahha

Camp

Because pipes that burst usually don't having water running through
them; they are closed off.

If the water were running, they would likely not freeze in the first
place.

Of course under really extreme conditions, water can freeze in a pipe
even if it is running.

In this case, the ice forms the plug.

It takes a lot more pressure than you find in a water system to extrude
ice.

--
Jim Pennino

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