Cracks.
Classical Mechanics
Level
3
A thick corked glass bottle containing frozen water is kept in a room. When the ice melts, some cracks are observed on the bottle because
of the uneven contraction in the glass walls.
of the uneven expansion of the glass walls.
glass becomes weaker as the temperature decreases.
the density of ice is less than the density of thick glass.
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1 solution
Glass is a poor conductor of heat, so there will be a difference in the degree of contraction (due to low temperature) between the outer glass wall and the inner glass wall. This uneven contraction will cause the cracks noticed on the glass.