Ice, God's Miracle
Ice , God's miracle
We went to see a place where the hills were covered by ice.
House roofs were capped with thick ice,
Trees were decorated with hanging ice sponges,
Roads were spread with ice and often cleared by buldozers.
It was nice to see, ice everywhere and ice fog just infront of us.
( Please see the Photo link at the bottom to see me with my family )
My grand son was able to lift a big size ice.
Weight of the ice is less than the weight of water.
Why does the weight of the ice is less ?
When water cools to become ice,
At 4 degree C, water expands, and then becomes ice at 0 degree .
Because water expands and forms ice, its volume becomes more.
Hence, the weight of the ice becomes less than the weight of water.
Ice is the solid form of water but the weight of the solid ( ice ) is less than the liquid (water).
In the words of physics, the density of ice is less than the density of water.
Because of this what happens ?
Less weight ice floats on more weight water.
( Less weight Thermal box floats on water.
Less weight oil floats on water.
Less weight wooden plank floats on water)
If water had not expanded at 4 degree, ice would not weigh less than water,
Then, Ice would not float on water.
For me , it is a miracle that takes place at 4 degree.
Why do you say, it is a miracle ?
Physics says ,when materials are heated, they expand,
In case of water, the expansion also takes place when it is cooled.
It is a miracle. Because of this miracle, ice floats on water.
What is the advatage of ice floating on water ?
It has the greatest advantage.
It saves the lives of millions of sea living beings ( sea inhabitants ).
How ?
During winter, in some areas of the globe, sea water becomes ice.
Ice is a solid, if the entire sea becomes a solid, all the sea living beings would die.
Are they dying ?
Nature does allow them to die. To Safeguard their lives, water expands at 4 degree.
Then at 0 degree it becomes ice, Hence the density of ice becomes less than water.
So ice floats on water. The expansion of water takes place at 4 degree, it is a miracle.
Something interesting , how the expansion of water saves their lives ?
Because water expands 9% at 4 degree, its density becomes less than water.
Therefore it floats on water and ice forms a strong crust on the surface of the sea.
This crust acts as a strong shield and maintains water under it .
In this water, living beings live safely till summer.
During summer ice melts and the entire sea becomes water.
Wonderful, why does water expands at 4 degree while cooling.?
Science says it is anamalous expansion.
Anamalous means abnormal or peculiar,
Chemistry says, " because of the formation of hydrogen bonds." .
Whatever it may be, it is God's miracle at 4 degree C to safeguard the life of the sea animals.
During this trip,
We enjoyed seeing ice play grounds, where people were driving thick tyred motor bikes.
We wondered seeing ice sking, where long runners are attached to the shoes.
We liked our stay in a star restaurant with an excellent ambience.
We were excited to see a buffet lunch having more than 100 items.
We were astonished to see, the cable cars carrying the people to the top of the hill .
We were surprised to see, the aged people gambling in the Casinos even after mid night,
We were shocked to see, girls with minimum dress supplying hot drinks to the gamblers.
We were delighted to see 1600 luxurious rooms in a single restaurant.
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