# "Heavier" Milk

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavier-milk/564923>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 21, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavier-milk/564923 "2010-12-21T04:50:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beer-Belly\_Slim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Beer-Belly\_Slim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beer-Belly_Slim)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavier-milk/564923/1 "2010-12-21T04:50:25Z")

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Since there is air in milk containers, milk will slosh inside the carton when moved. Frozen milk won’t slosh, which would certainly affect how it feels when the container is handled. Its inertia would be completely different, making it feel “more massive,” which could be described as “heavier.”

ETA: Link to column - [Is frozen milk heavier than liquid milk? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/423/is-frozen-milk-heavier-than-liquid-milk)

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**Author:** ![Powers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavier-milk/564923/2 "2010-12-21T18:59:28Z")

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> [@Beer-Belly\_Slim](#):
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> Since there is air in milk containers, milk will slosh inside the carton when moved. Frozen milk won’t slosh, which would certainly affect how it feels when the container is handled. Its inertia would be completely different, making it feel “more massive,” which could be described as “heavier.”
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> ETA: Link to column - [Is frozen milk heavier than liquid milk? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/423/is-frozen-milk-heavier-than-liquid-milk)

Yeah, we were just talking about that [over here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=589409).  
Powers &8^]