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Old 01-19-2014, 02:01 AM   #69 (permalink)
niky
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It's the water molecule's shape that determines its crystalline form... and makes solid H2O less densely packed than liquid H20... which also makes it lighter and capable of floating.

Don't recall why this is important to life... but perhaps it's because water doesn't change in viscosity as it gets colder or hotter? More stable over a wide range of temperatures?
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