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The volume of most substances increases when heated. Water at a temperature between 0C and 4C is an important exception to this trend-the coefficient of volume expansion for water is negative in this temperature range (but positive otherwise). Discuss implications for how a pond of water would freeze on a cold night if the volume expansion coefficient of water took on a conventional value (i.e positive beta).