When ice changes to water, the entropy obviously increases because of the more random structure of water.

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When ice changes to water, the entropy obviously increases because of the more random structure of water. However, unlike almost all other solid to liquid transitions, water has a smaller volume than ice (ice floats in water). What can you conclude about the slope of this transition in a P-T phase diagram?

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