As pointed out by the originator
Sodium Hydroxide not water !! @ 4° C

Stephen SG



"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
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| In article <ILgkc.296086$Pk3.237206@pd7tw1no>, "Shannon Wheeler"
> wrote:
| >> Clearly when one liter of water is heated from 4 C to 99 C, its volume
| >> expands. But that in no way means that a liter is larger at 99 C than
at 4
| >C,
| >> despite what Stephen seems to think -- it means that a liter of water
at 4
| >C
| >> expands to *more* than a liter of water at 99 C.
| >
| >
| >doesn't water take up the most space at 4C (rather than 99C)?
|
| No. Its density is the greatest at just slightly less than 4C, which means
| that a given mass of water occupies the *least* volume at that
temperature.
|
| In the *liquid* phase, a given mass of water occupies the *greatest*
volume at
| 100C (just before it boils).