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I read the whole article and couldn’t understand how or why this happens. Is the reason behind this unknown?

• GreeniFi 6y ago
  The best explanation I got was that covalent bonds are weaker in hot water than cold.
• mensetmanusman 6y ago
  It’s apparently not true for very pure water.
• mmerlin 6y ago
  My high school chemistry teacher simplified it down to the greater "rate of change" of temperature dropping, for the hot water, causes it to end up freezing faster than the cold water.
  • ntsplnkv2 6y ago
    The rate of change would slow down as it approached the colder temperature though, would it not?