Freeze water inside a container?

Question

if you freeze water inside a glass, the glass breaks, but what would happen if you would have another kind of container, made of very hard metal, would it still break?

Answer 1

no, but the metal will bend because:

1- due to the cold tempreature of the water, the metal will contract

2- the water will expand when it freezes because of the hydrogen bonds of water , water expands when it freezes.

the result:

it will not break, but it will bend

Answer 2

Since you don't specify the material, I would say that it is possible to use something that wouldn't break. Water expands as it freezes, which is what breaks the glass container. A stong metal container probably would not break. If the container was open, the frozen water would expand out the top. If it was well-sealed, the water would expand as much as it could. Of course, the expanding water would increase the pressure in the container. It is possible the increased pressure would prevent all the water from freezing. The freezing point of water would be much lower at high pressures.

Answer 3

no. If the container is not sealed, which you imply, the ice would move into the open space.

Anything flexible would not break either, like an ice cube tray.