Sunday, August 28, 2011

Is instant formation of ice possible?

Is instant formation of ice possible? Is water able to turn into ice instantly? YES. It is possible.However, to achieve it, one must be very lucky or must have a lot of patience and time. Why. I will come to that when explaining the entire process. Just to note, it is different from crystallization.
So, how is it possible? First to achieve this, we will need a freezer, water in bottles will be good and time. All you need to do is to put the bottles with water into the freezer and wait for the correct time. Once the time is right, remove the bottles from the freezer. Don't ask me when the time is right. It depends on the water and many other factors. Thus to be able to witness the instant freezing of the liquid is very hard and rare. After taking the bottles out, just shake them or put them down hard on the table.
The water temperature may have fallen below 0 degrees but it may not freeze as the water molecules are not active. When the bottle containing the water is put down hard onto a table, a sudden force is applied, causing the molecules to move suddenly. This will cause the water to freeze instantly.
Cool info. Stay tuned for more!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Dry Ice


What is dry ice? It is something that is sometimes refereed to as "cardice" or "card ice". It is the solid form of carbon dioxide. It is used as a cooling agent. Some of its advantages include lower temperatures than water ice and not leaving any residue. It is good for preserving frozen food, ice cream when mechanical cooling is not available. The temperature of dry ice is below -56.4 degrees. Dry ice in soap water will cause foam to be produced for a very long time. A lot of foam.
Another cool fact about dry ice is that any bubbles formed with dry ice will not burst that easily and you can even make the bubbles bounce on your sleeves if you are wearing shirt of the correct material. You can even make it role down cloth of the correct material. In the below picture, the white round objects are bubbles formed with dry ice!
Dry ice can cause many problems too if not treated properly. As dry ice is below the temperature of -56.4 degrees, you can get frostbites if there is any direct contact with the skin. Not only so, if dry ice is kept in any sealed or tight containers, for example water bottles, IT WILL CAUSE THE CONTAINER TO EXPLODE!