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Take a small slab of ice, a thin wire, two identical weights. Activity `:`
(1) Put a slab of ice on a stand as shown in figure.
(2) Hang two equal weights to the two ends of a metal wire and put the wire on the slab as shown in the figure.
What do you observe ?

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It is observed that the wire gradually penetrates the ice slab. After some time, the wire comes out of the lower surface of the ice slab. However, the ice slab does not break.
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