Which outcome results when moisture freezes within asphalt?

💡 Explanation

Potholes form, because cryofracture occurs as ice expands. The expansion exerts pressure exceeding asphalt tensile strength; therefore cracking occurs rather than increased viscosity or decreased thermal expansion which require distinctly different mechanisms.

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