When water freezes, it expands about nine percent. What would be the pressure increase inside your automobile engine block if the water in there froze? The bulk modulus of ice is 2.0 × 10^9 N/m2, and 1 atm= 1.01 × 10^5 N/m2

a. 18 atm
b. 360 atm
c. 1100 atm
d. 1600 atm
e. 600 atm


d

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