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Which is not a property of water?

Select one:
a. good solvent for electrolytes
b. high specific heat
c. adheres to polar compounds
d. contracts during freezing

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User GeneQ
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d. Because when liquid water becomes solid ice, it expands, not contracts.

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User Gofilord
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Water contract during freezing is not a property of water.

Option D

Step-by-step explanation:

The water at normal temperature is fluid in nature where the disorder in the structure is due to the hydrogen bond between the molecules of water which are continuously forming with one molecule and then again forming with another molecule.

When the water freezes then due to low temperature the energy of the system is lost due to which vibration between the element is also reduced and hydrogen bonds no longer change. At this time the fixed hydrogen bond causes the molecules of water to expand which further decreases the density of water.

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