Which of the following will become ice when kept in refrigerator and why? Hot or cold water?
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If you put hot water in the freezer it turns to ice faster.\n\nA famous scientist named Kelvin figured that out because hot water molecules move faster so the cold in the rfreezer makes them slow down faster than cold water molecules which are already moving slow, so hence the hot water freezes faster the hot water is "shocked" by the cold as it were.
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Water is a liquid and until the water get near freezing, water as it cools becomes more dense and sinks. Warmer water moves to the surface. For ice to form on a lake the temperate of all the water in the lake has to get below 39 degree F. \n\nLand on the surface may get colder but in temperate climates at certain depth the soil is always above freezing.
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Salt, NaCl, turns into Na+ and Cl- ions in water.\n\nThe ions changes the equilbrium of H2O melting and freezing.\nLiquid water is block by the ions, so it has a harder time freezing back onto the ice. Since the ions doenst slow down\nthe melting of ice, but slows down the freeze of water.\nThe ice now melts at below 0 degree.\n\nSo a normal ice water will be at zero degree.\nBut a salt put on the ice/water will melt more of the ice at a lower temp., about 7-10 degree colder, depenting on the ammount of salt and ice avalibale.
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This is a simple and complex question all in one.  I was a chemical engineer before I became a registered nurse and believe me, this could have a very detailed and complex answer to it.  However, I will simply say that it is due to the other compounds in tap water that affect the melting of ice.  Water and ice have been studied extensively and just about any website dealing with chemistry would be able to help you with this question.  If you want something very detailed, let me know.
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The latent heat of fusion -- once you cool water to 0°C, you have to remove more heat to actually crystallize it.\n\nIce at 0°C requires the addition of heat to melt into water at 0°C.  That heat comes from whatever you are cooling.\n\nThe latent heat of fusion for ice is 333.6 joules/gram
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a) a lower freezing point than pure water
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water freezes at 32 F.  When you add other substances to water, you create a soliable compound and the solution takes on some of the quality of the other substance.  Adding salt or sugar prevents the solution from freezing at 32 F. Juices or bullion cubes would work in a similar manner.  if you're going camping, sleep with your water in your sleeping bag ;)
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When you have ice in your drink?
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Ice water? If you have ice and water together they keep each other at the same temp. 0 degrees C. If you add salt this will make the ice melt at a lower temp. which will cause the water to be lower temp. also, giving you a below 0 C reading.
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I found that cold water (38 degrees Fahrenheit) froze faster than hot water out of the tap (125 degrees F). I chose these two temperatures because (1) they were pretty much what the average amateur ice-cube maker would have readily available and (2) I couldn't find a mercury thermometer that went higher than 125 degrees.\n\nJearl, who is not afflicted with penny-pinching editors like some of the rest of us, was able to get his mitts on a thermocouple that could measure as high as the boiling point, 212 degrees F. He found that water heated to, say, 195 degrees would freeze three to ten minutes faster than water at 140-175 degrees. (There were differences depending on how much water was used, where the thermocouple was placed, and so on.) \n\nJearl suggested that the most likely explanation for this was evaporation: when water cools down from near boiling to the freezing point, as much as 16 percent evaporates away, compared to 7 percent for water at 160 degrees. The smaller the amount of water, of course, the faster it freezes. \n\nIn addition, the water vapor carries away a certain amount of heat. To test this theory, Jearl covered his lab beaker with Saran Wrap to prevent water vapor from escaping. The freezing rate difference was greatly diminished. Conceivably convection (motion within the water) also plays a role.\n\nFascinating as all this no doubt is, all it basically proves is that very hot water freezes more slowly than very VERY hot water. The ordinary fumbler in the fridge, on the other hand, is dealing with temps more like the ones I was measuring, in which case cold freezes faster than hot. I rest my case.
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Absolute zero.  There are ways to keep water from freezing using pressure, motion, impurities, and so forth.
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Conservation of energy.\n\nCalculate the amount of heat stored in the 28ºC water using 0ºC as the starting point.  This energy must first melt the ice, for which you'll need to use the heat of fusion of water.  The remainder of the energy will warm up the entire amount of water.
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The soda has more heat than the ice.  Heat energy travels from areas of greater heat to lesser heat.  The heat energy in the soda leaves the soda to go to the ice which in turn melts the ice, and leaves behind a cooler soda.\n\nHeat moves....cold doesn't.
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Two things are unusual about water.\n\n1. Frozen water (ice) is less dense than liquid water, as a few answerers have already said.  For every other liquid, the frozen form is more dense.\n\n2. As it cools, water gets steadily denser until about 4 degrees C, then it gets slightly less dense as it cools to its freezing point at zero degrees C.  Every other liquid just gets steadily denser and denser until it freezes.\n\nBoth of these unusual things are quite important for life on earth, but the second one is much more important than the first one.
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you do the experiment yourself places a cup of cold and hot water in your freezer, the hot water will freeze first, the\nhotter the water the faster it will freeze
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Warm water is absorbed easier into the body.  Cold water takes longer to absorb, therefore burning more calories.
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If the water is already frozen and you remove more heat, all you will get is colder ice.  Otherwise, we need to know at what point is it at in the latent heat of fusion.