Comments on: Supercooled Water http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water Random musings of a Southern geek Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:26:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3-9841 hourly 1 By: John Mudd http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water/comment-page-1#comment-43914 John Mudd Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:58:27 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water#comment-43914 To Fred Fransen: Sorry for the long delay. I just now saw your request for more info. This should do it. http://johnmudd.infogami.com/blog/3j1k John To Fred Fransen:

Sorry for the long delay. I just now saw your request for more info. This should do it.

http://johnmudd.infogami.com/blog/3j1k

John

]]> By: Fred Fransen http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water/comment-page-1#comment-30278 Fred Fransen Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:45:20 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water#comment-30278 Can you tell me if there were any tricks? My 7 year old daughter wants to do this as a science experiment and before we start playing around, I'd be happy for some help. Fred Can you tell me if there were any tricks? My 7 year old daughter wants to do this as a science experiment and before we start playing around, I’d be happy for some help.

Fred

]]> By: John Mudd http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water/comment-page-1#comment-29612 John Mudd Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:10:03 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water#comment-29612 I perfected the same last year as hurricanes came through Florida. Here are some video clips. http://mudd.homeip.net/hurricaneWater/ I just used tap water. I even drank some and it froze in my mouth. Again, ahem, it's cool. Note: that's no ordinary beer bottle. It's a plastic beer bottle. Pretty high-tech stuff itself, five layers of special plastic to protect the beer from oxygen. I perfected the same last year as hurricanes came through Florida. Here are some video clips.

http://mudd.homeip.net/hurricaneWater/

I just used tap water. I even drank some and it froze in my mouth. Again, ahem, it’s cool.

Note: that’s no ordinary beer bottle. It’s a plastic beer bottle. Pretty high-tech stuff itself, five layers of special plastic to protect the beer from oxygen.

]]> By: Sam http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water/comment-page-1#comment-9012 Sam Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:31:59 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water#comment-9012 I had the same phenomenon happen to me almost every morning on holiday in Turkey one summer. Every night we would a couple of bottles of mineral water in the freezer compartment of the fridge in our hotel room so that it would be nice and cold for the next day by the pool. But pretty much every morning, the water would come out still liquid and would suddenly turn to icy slush before our eyes after shaking it. I even got to play around with it a little to see what affected it. Sometimes it would crystallise quite slowly, starting at the bottom of the bottle and moving upwards (about 10 seconds to freeze entirely) and sometimes it would go in a flash. I even managed to pour myself a glass of water one morning, then put the lid back on the bottle and give it a shake to form ice crystals. I found that tap water didn't do the same thing though, which suggested that the purity of the mineral water was helping it not to crystallise while in the freezer. It was a lot of fun though watching it freeze every morning. And then the following year, on holiday in Greece, we had the pleasure of being able to see it happen again. Lucky us! I had the same phenomenon happen to me almost every morning on holiday in Turkey one summer. Every night we would a couple of bottles of mineral water in the freezer compartment of the fridge in our hotel room so that it would be nice and cold for the next day by the pool. But pretty much every morning, the water would come out still liquid and would suddenly turn to icy slush before our eyes after shaking it.
I even got to play around with it a little to see what affected it.
Sometimes it would crystallise quite slowly, starting at the bottom of the bottle and moving upwards (about 10 seconds to freeze entirely) and sometimes it would go in a flash. I even managed to pour myself a glass of water one morning, then put the lid back on the bottle and give it a shake to form ice crystals.
I found that tap water didn’t do the same thing though, which suggested that the purity of the mineral water was helping it not to crystallise while in the freezer.
It was a lot of fun though watching it freeze every morning. And then the following year, on holiday in Greece, we had the pleasure of being able to see it happen again. Lucky us!

]]> By: logtar http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water/comment-page-1#comment-3889 logtar Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:19:23 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water#comment-3889 cool pun intended. cool pun intended.

]]> By: Chris http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water/comment-page-1#comment-3885 Chris Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:29:46 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water#comment-3885 Yeah, when that happens it is really neat. I first noticed it on 20oz sodas. Yeah, when that happens it is really neat. I first noticed it on 20oz sodas.

]]> By: CoolB http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water/comment-page-1#comment-3611 CoolB Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:50:24 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/11/09/supercooled-water#comment-3611 Neat, a friend at work I think had that happen to him once as well :D Neat, a friend at work I think had that happen to him once as well :D

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