We are a tad bit old fashion, we still use ice trays to make ice, not the automatic ice maker like in most fridges. I have always been told to use hot water when making ice because it freezes faster.
Now I have researched this fact and I am even more confused. I have read multiple things saying that cold water actually freezes faster, and I have read the same amount of articles stating that hot water freezes faster, so I decided to conduct an experiment testing this theory on my own. I came up with the results pointing towards cold water freezing faster. I do not know why this is and was wondering if you could tell me. I can see the logic in hot water freezing faster but with cold water, I have no clue. Is it because cold water is closer to freezing point to begin with and hot water has to take some time to get to that point? or is it some other rason that escapes me? please help.
-Sloane
Would you do me the favor of explaining this logic for me?
Because this topic has come up before and for the life of me, frankly, I cannot discern why people think hot things will freeze before cold things, but a fair number of people seem to believe or even advocate it, so I’m just dying to know what the logic behind this is.
That’s not true either. If you mean, just boiled water, that is then brought to room temperature may boil faster that another equal amount of non-previously boiled water, perhaps. But clearly, water was just boiled and is at say 150 degrees will not boil faster than water at room temperature say 68 degrees. But the previous posts discuss this misconception as well
Only if the water was boiled and cooled prior to the experiment.
Under normal conditions (ie"tap water) unless your hot water heater is REALLY hot! I’d say no.
