# Hot water freezes faster than cold

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-water-freezes-faster-than-cold/692033>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 30, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-water-freezes-faster-than-cold/692033 "2014-06-30T21:05:08Z")\
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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:** [June 30, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-water-freezes-faster-than-cold/692033/1 "2014-06-30T21:05:08Z")

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I’m sure there’s a thread on this somewhere, but the search function isn’t being kind to me today (search results come up blank and then I have to wait two minutes to try again).

Link to column: [Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/422/which-freezes-faster-hot-water-or-cold-water)

Recent news article: [http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/hot-water-freezes-faster-cold-and-now-we-know-why](http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/hot-water-freezes-faster-cold-and-now-we-know-why)

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> Hot water seems to freeze faster than cold water, known as the Mpemba effect.
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> Now a team of physicists from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, led by Xi Zhang, have found evidence that it is the chemical bonds that hold water together that provide the effect.

Powers &8^]

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-water-freezes-faster-than-cold/692033/2 "2014-07-01T18:36:54Z")

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Here’s what you’re looking for.

> **[Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341593/which-freezes-faster-hot-water-or-cold-water)**

Glad to help. 😃

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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:** [July 7, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-water-freezes-faster-than-cold/692033/3 "2014-07-07T22:39:56Z")

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Considering I already linked the column in my post, that wasn’t actually very helpful.  
Powers &8^]