Can you break a lock by freezing water?

Unlikely. The volume expansion upon freezing of water isn’t enough to “burst” (for the lack of a better term) the lock open.

Can you break a lock with ice?

There isn’t any rules for freezing locks, but there isn’t any rules for most things, that’s just the way the game works. As you said, in real life cooling metal makes it brittle, so it’s reasonable to think that freezing a lock would make it easier to destroy.

How much force does water freeze with?

Various sources give different expansion forces for freezing ice. Depending on its state, freezing water (or ice as temperatures continue to drop past freezing (32°F towards 0 °F) can expand by as much as nine percent at a maximum force between about 25,000 and 114,000 psi.

Can you use ray of frost to freeze water?

Ray of Frost does not freeze things, by RAW. While it might be able to cool water or make a very small amount of ice, I doubt that Ray of Frost would be able to freeze enough water fast enough to break a lock. Actually making the water stay in the lock is non-trivial.

What happens if freezing water Cannot expand?

The fact that water expands upon freezing causes icebergs to float. The fact that water reaches a maximum density at about 4°C causes bodies of water to freeze on the top first. Then the further expansion as a part of the phase change keeps the ice floating with some 8\% of its mass above the surface.

What’s the chemical that freezes things instantly?

Liquid nitrogen is just very cold nitrogen. It is 320oF below zero (-196oC). It’s so cold that it freezes anything it touches almost instantly.

Can water turn into ice if you freeze it too hard?

So, to answer the initial question, if you froze water inside a container so strong it couldn’t turn into ice, it would still turn into ice, just a slightly different type of ice in terms of scientific classification and its internal structure.

What happens if you have a crack in Your Water Line?

A mere 1/8-inch crack in a water supply line can be a plumbing disaster that inundates your home with 250 gallons of water per day. Although water freezes under controlled conditions at 32 degrees, the water in your pipes won’t turn to ice the minute the temperature dips below freezing.

How can I prevent my pipes from freezing and rupturing?

Two plumbing maintenance measures can help to stave off freezing pipes and resultant pipe ruptures: Even on very cold nights, the municipal water entering your household supply lines is cold enough to freeze.

How much pressure does it take for water to freeze?

If you cool water without allowing it to expand, it will try to freeze, and exert more and more pressure on its surroundings, but once the pressure gets up to 30,000 psi, it will crystallize into a different form of ice that doesn’t expand when it freezes. That happens a In theory, around 200 MPa, that’s 2,000 atmospheres, or around 30,000 psi.