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remarkablemayonaise t1_j6vmabj wrote

The more measurable effect is if you have a closed column of water with a piston at the top and freeze it, the increased pressure can do work by moving the piston up. Conversely if you increase the pressure on the piston it will melt the ice.

This is how freeze-thaw erosion works when water enters cracks in rocks, freezes and breaks the rock as it freezes.

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