# Frozen Milk

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-milk/564268>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-milk/564268 "2010-12-15T19:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-milk/564268/2 "2010-12-16T00:27:44Z")

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My thoughts exactly. A carton of frozen milk is going to have a larger “effective” moment of inertia than liquid milk, and for many objects this is an effective proxy for heaviness (or density). It stands to reason that someone may mistake the two physical properties, especially given the traditional shake of the milk carton to determine how full it is (though the letter is presumably talking about somewhat larger containers).

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