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Offline Himself (OP)

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Preventing water from freezing?
« on: 13/02/2014 23:02:32 »
This is probably a stupid question, but is there any way to prevent water from freezing in sub-freezing temperatures, i.e. putting it under so much pressure it cannot expand and as a result not freeze?
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Re: Preventing water from freezing?
« Reply #1 on: 15/02/2014 01:23:25 »
put it in a vacuum.
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Re: Preventing water from freezing?
« Reply #2 on: 15/02/2014 02:23:41 »
Quote from: Himself on 13/02/2014 23:02:32
... is there any way to prevent water from freezing in sub-freezing temperatures, i.e. putting it under so much pressure it cannot expand and as a result not freeze?

Yes very high pressure can lower the freezing point of water below 0oC ,
but requires pressure in the region of 100 to 10,000 times atmospheric pressure  ...

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Quote from: ScientificSorcerer on 15/02/2014 01:23:25
put it in a vacuum.

Water freezes at a very slightly higher temperature in a vacuum than at atmospheric pressure.

Being in a vacuum (e.g. in space) does not stop water turning into ice ...
 
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The solid, core structure of a comet is known as the nucleus. Cometary nuclei are composed of an amalgamation of rock, dust, water ice, and frozen gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and ammonia
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Re: Preventing water from freezing?
« Reply #3 on: 15/02/2014 03:51:10 »
If the water is extremely pure, and is held in a container with no nucleation sites, you can take the temperature of supercooled water as low as -48C/-55F before it freezes.

You can put salt in it, or add antifreeze.

Some arctic/antarctic fish produce natural antifreeze so they can continue swimming in "freezing" salty ocean water.
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