# Freezing hot vs cold water

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-hot-vs-cold-water/416149>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 19, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-hot-vs-cold-water/416149 "2007-08-19T16:35:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![HumanMonkeyGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@HumanMonkeyGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanMonkeyGod)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-hot-vs-cold-water/416149/1 "2007-08-19T16:35:30Z")

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Column: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_098b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_098b.html)

I recently came across this page, [http://ivantic.apnoia.org/fizika/faq/hot\_water.html](http://ivantic.apnoia.org/fizika/faq/hot_water.html) which seems to make some sense. I personally don’t have much vested in the answer, having the reams of time as I do to just shove an ice-tray in the freezer and forget about it, but for people with more pressing schedules that need to know whether they can make ice quicker with boiling water, there is hope. Because I guess nobody really needs it that badly that they’d just try it anyway?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-hot-vs-cold-water/416149/2 "2007-08-19T17:04:39Z")

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Fixed title (changed “bs” to “vs”).

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-hot-vs-cold-water/416149/3 "2007-08-19T17:33:00Z")

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[QUOTE=HumanMonkeyGod]  
Column: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_098b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_098b.html)

I recently came across this page, [http://ivantic.apnoia.org/fizika/faq/hot\_water.html](http://ivantic.apnoia.org/fizika/faq/hot_water.html) which seems to make some sense. I personally don’t have much vested in the answer, having the reams of time as I do to just shove an ice-tray in the freezer and forget about it, but for people with more pressing schedules that need to know whether they can make ice quicker with boiling water, there is hope. Because I guess nobody really needs it that badly that they’d just try it anyway?  
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The article you reference is mentioned in the column you referenced.