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Old 04-15-2013, 12:23 AM   #36
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Oh I like chemistry too. So extremely pure water can be brought to lower temps than freezing. Experiments with substances that give cold water molecules a surface that induces crystallization cause instant freezing. These surfaces are nothing special, even ground glass works. The idea is that cold water has to expand the H bond network in order to crystallize which requires a slight amount of energy which can be overcome by these crystallization catalysts.

Now back to hockey?
Haha. Can you picture ground glass in the ice at an nhl game? New skate blades every shift, and don't fall on the ice either
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