If matter generally expands when it is heated, then why does a can of soda explode when left in the freezer?

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I am definitely not a science person, so this may be a really obvious/dumb question, but I don’t get it. My understanding was that most things expanded when heated, but sodas/beers seem to expand violently when they’re frozen. Can someone explain this like I’m five?

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Water is one of the rare substances that expands when frozen. Soda, obviously, is primarily water and so it will expand in the freezer, along with any other liquid that is primarily water.

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