The perfect ice cube.

[Eggmundo]

Make the ice cubes...remove ice cube tray from freezer, allow to defrost slightly, then refreeze.
The Ice cubes are clearer and will last a lot longer.
Yes it actually works.

Pointless thread I know, but had to share it anyway.

 

[otk]

My brother just told me that 0 degrees celsius is when ice melts, rather than when water freezes

Could you shed some light on this?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I have started making batches with a small slice of lime in them. Very refreshing indeed.

 

[Eggmundo]

My brother just told me that 0 degrees celsius is when ice melts, rather than when water freezes

Could you shed some light on this?

What use is there in knowing that anyway?

 

[Grendel]

My brother just told me that 0 degrees celsius is when ice melts, rather than when water freezes

Could you shed some light on this?

Without going into boring scientific detail he's half right. Zero degrees celsius is both the freezing point of water and the melting point of ice, but if you artifically manufacture the right conditions you can cool water to below zero degrees without it forming ice.

 

[otk]

What use is there in knowing that anyway?

Because I'm a pedant

 

[Eggmundo]

If you place water in a vacuum it will boil and freeze at the same time.

 

[Falmer Flutter ©]

Without going into boring scientific detail he's half right. Zero degrees celsius is both the freezing point of water and the melting point of ice, but if you artifically manufacture the right conditions you can cool water to below zero degrees without it forming ice.

Did you read about that bloke the other day who set some sort of new record by swimming at the North Pole? Well the wife asked me how he could do that because the reports said the water temperature was -1, therefore why wasn't he swimming in solid ice. I managed to easily fob her off with some techno mumbo jumbo to maintain my position as a font of all knowledge, but really I didn't know the answer.

 

[Hampden Park]

Did you read about that bloke the other day who set some sort of new record by swimming at the North Pole? Well the wife asked me how he could do that because the reports said the water temperature was -1, therefore why wasn't he swimming in solid ice. I managed to easily fob her off with some techno mumbo jumbo to maintain my position as a font of all knowledge, but really I didn't know the answer.

salt me hearty

 

[Trufflehound]

The perfect ice cube is one that is bathed in gin, and has a slice of lemon floating next to it in the bubbly tonic (Schweppes only, please). I thought everyone knew that.

 

[Trufflehound]

salt me hearty

Wouldn't that make you wince if he tried that?


Edit: oh, you said "hearty" ...

 

[Starry]

I have started making batches with a small slice of lime in them. Very refreshing indeed.

I don't do ice cubes anymore because they water down the drinks, but I slice up lime and lemons and freeze them on baking trays and then put them in a food bag once frozen and chuck those into our drinks instead of ice.

 

[Mendoza]

I love lamp

 

[Hiney]

I don't do ice cubes anymore because they water down the drinks

Just compensate by doubling the amount of GIN

 

[NMH]

Without going into boring scientific detail he's half right. Zero degrees celsius is both the freezing point of water and the melting point of ice, but if you artifically manufacture the right conditions you can cool water to below zero degrees without it forming ice.

That is not possible, unless you consider a gradient within the degree '0'. If ice really melts at 0, then it becomes water. At that temperature, water would be ice....so there's a fallacy. Ice must melt at some margin above exact zero, and water must freeze at some margin below exact zero.

 

[Grendel]

That is not possible, unless you consider a gradient within the degree '0'. If ice really melts at 0, then it becomes water. At that temperature, water would be ice....so there's a fallacy. Ice must melt at some margin above exact zero, and water must freeze at some margin below exact zero.

At zero degrees, ice and water coexist. The chemical potential of the two is equal so the tendency of the ice to melt is counteracted by the water trying to freeze.

 

[Gazwag]

I buy mine from Tesco

 

[Shegull]

Make the ice cubes...remove ice cube tray from freezer, allow to defrost slightly, then refreeze.
The Ice cubes are clearer and will last a lot longer.
Yes it actually works.

Pointless thread I know, but had to share it anyway.

I was told that if you use boiled water from the kettle the ice cubes would be clear and you wouldn't have to worry about taking them out of the tray etc etc etc................

Haven't actually tried it so I am open to correction on it.

 

[Mr deez]

Actually, these are the best ice cubes you can get -

http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=4277645

 

[Rookie]

I buy mine from Tesco

never understood that, why do people pay good money for something they can do at home very easily