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Chapter 13, Problem 6CQ
Water expands significantly when it freezes: a volume increase at about 9% occurs. As a result of this expansion and because of the formation and growth of crystals as water freezes anywhere from 10% to 30% of biological cells are burst when animal or plant material is frozen. Discuss the implications of this cell damage for the prospect of preserving human bodies by freezing so that they can he thawed at some future date when it is hoped that all diseases are curable.
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