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Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.

 
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Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
Here is my simple PHYSICAL (Physics) explanation to whats happening.


Imagine Water molecules as cars , the faster the car drives when a car crashes into another car the greater the force exerted on the frame of the car therefore the quicker (FASTER) the cars slow down on impact.


Whereas slower cars that hit each other the energy is absorbed like a shock absorber and therefore provides a spring back effect.


Upon impact high speed cars or molecules suffer from a different type of stress on the bonds in a similar way a car frame would.



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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
The faster you move, the heavier you are.

Step on a scale.

Now, jump on it.

Inertia is a wonderful thing.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
boiling water evaporates, less water freezes faster than more water
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
boiling water evaporates, less water freezes faster than more water
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
chemical reaction
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
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Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water?


It seems a simple enough question - yet it has baffled the best brains for at least 2,300 years.

Aristotle agonized over it fruitlessly in the fourth century BC

Roger Bacon in the 13th century used it to advocate the scientific method in his book Opus Majus

Another Bacon, Francis, wrote in his 1620 Novum Organum, that "slightly tepid water freezes more easily than that which is utterly cold" but could not explain why

Descartes was defeated by it in the 17th century AD

Even perplexed 20th and 21st century scientists and intellectuals have swarmed over it without result
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
The impurities in the water (microscopic particles of stuff that are not H2O) freeze before the freezing temperature of water is attained, thus leading the warmer water to form around the foreign particles and freeze faster.

If you use distilled water, instead of regular 'contaminated' water, the hot & cold controlled experiment will both freeze at the same velocity.

It isn't the water that is freezing first, it is the contaminants in the water that freeze, and the water then freezes 'around' them.


If you don't believe me, distill some water and perform the experiment yourself.

All you need is a kitchen equipped with a tap (faucet for you yanks), a kettle & a fridge.


Enjoy ... :)
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
A way to narrow down the possibilities is to carry out experiments on other liquids containing no water to see if the same phenomenon is seen.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
A way to narrow down the possibilities is to carry out experiments on other liquids containing no water to see if the same phenomenon is seen.
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watter Try dehydrated water.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
A way to narrow down the possibilities is to carry out experiments on other liquids containing no water to see if the same phenomenon is seen.
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Meth cooker spotted.
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So now that we know this what possible benefits can we gain from this?
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
I personally think it is because the hotter a liquid or gas is the more the molecules move around. Also when a liquid boils it causes the liquid to circulate inside of the container. Now the reason I think that causes the water to freeze faster is because of the amount of molecules that are directly touching the cold air as opposed to only the water on top getting direct contact and then cooling the other molecules below it. At least that is the only logical explanation I can think of.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
Why are vehicles cooling systems pressurized ?

Every PSI raises the boiling point by 7 degrees.

Now, you know.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
I've always assumed it was because the greater gradient in temperature change.

Sort of like the difference between rolling a ball down a steep hill and a steeper hill; same energies involved, but a faster process.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
When liquid water is cooled, its temperature falls steadily until it drops just below the freezing point at 0 °C. The temperature then remains constant at the freezing point while the water crystallizes. Once the water is completely frozen, its temperature continues to fall.

This is why snow caves and igloos are warmer than a rock cave. As the water freezes, it gives off heat.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
Boiled water has all the dissolved gasses removed from solution. Thats why you see bubbles forming well before it actually boils. These removed gasses can no longer interfere with the formation of crystals...mystery solved and yes I am a scientist damn it.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
Boiled water has all the dissolved gasses removed from solution. Thats why you see bubbles forming well before it actually boils. These removed gasses can no longer interfere with the formation of crystals...mystery solved and yes I am a scientist damn it.
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My water never stops bubbling. I doubt that all the gas is removed.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
The faster you move, the heavier you are.

Step on a scale.

Now, jump on it.

Inertia is a wonderful thing.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
Boiling water will never freeze.
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Why are vehicles cooling systems pressurized ?

Every PSI raises the boiling point by 7 degrees.

Now, you know.
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Who are you AC? Cliff Clavin?
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
its simple really, conduction...
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
i'll try to explain.

Heat acts as a catalyst for the reaction taking place, we know that, so my theory is that the heat energy in hot water is more easily conducted away from the water, speeding up the reaction.
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
faster heat loss
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It's Christmas ffs...
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
at the atomic or quantum level the heat energy or vibration is much more easily conducted into the surround cold environment due to the fact there being greater potential difference in temperature.

Almost exactly the same as electric potential difference which is measured in volts and the great it is the greater the force, and the heat flows much like in a short circuit.

I soo stoned so sorry my the typos and bad grammar.
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It's Christmas fer Christ's sake...
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
how they can't work something that can be explained with pure logic I don't know...


We keep hot water inside of insulated containers to keep the damn thing hot, insulation = resistance and a none conductor of heat

Duh...
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Re: Why does Boiling water freeze faster than cold water.
Evaporation?

That's why it's also easier to dry yourself off after a warm shower than a cold shower.

Too bad a warm shower opens up skin pores and a cold shower closes them.

DAMN YOU PHYSICS!





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