..Three
times more abundant than all other substances..One
of few inorganic liquids..Only
substance that occurs naturally as a solid, liquid and gas..The
most universal solvent..Highest
surface tension of all liquids except mercury..Expands
upon freezing (by 9%), a property shared with few other substances..Expands
with increasing temperature above 4 deg C..Greatest
heat capacity of all liquids (1 cal/g/deg C)..Greatest
latent heat of fusion and vaporization..Greatest
thermal conductivity except for mercury..High
transparency..Like
air, a highly mobile substance..A
dense liquid and therefore only slightly compressible
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