I tried to freeze my water in the freezer then I took it out and it wasn't frozen popped the top and it froze!
I tried to freeze my water in the freezer then I took it out and it wasn't frozen popped the top and it froze
in my hand what happend?
Answers:
Boy the answer is bouncing around in there but just won't pop out. It is a basic principal of water chemistry/physics. Okay...
The water cools (loses energy) in the freezer. The as the density increase the water molecules align themselves to form a perfect matrix-grid. This is when the water expands to allow this alignment. Now I have three thoughts to the climax.
1. The popping of thebottle released the last bit of heat/energy to a degree that the water could now freeze.
2. The popping also helped with molecular alignment.
3. This is my favorite: Nucleation site. A tiny piece of ice caused a cascade effect in the water leading to its solid state. Perhaps # 1 + 2 was also required for the ice to form as well.
Well I am not getting any chemistry books out so I await the answer.