Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780131495081

Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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A length of thin wire is placed over a block of ice (or an ice cube) at 0°C and weights are hung from the ends of the wire. It is found that the wire cuts its way through the ice cube, but leaves a solid block of ice behind it. This process is called regelation. Explain how this happens by inferring how the freezing point of water depends on pressure.

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