Why do ice cubes from an ice maker freeze solid and ice from the convenience store doesn't?!
Why do ice cubes from an ice maker freeze solid and ice from the convenience store doesn't?
When I get a cup of ice from the refrigerator ice maker and put water over it, it eventually freezes into a chunk before melting. But when I get ice out of a dispenser at the convenience store, or that type, it doesn't do that. Why is that?
Answers: This is because the ice from your freezer is actually colder than 32 degrees (the freezing point of water). Ice can be any temperature as long as its colder that 32 degrees.
My guess is that your ice from your freezer is probably coming out of there in the low teens while the ice from the store is in the 20's. Your Ice has alot more negative energy in it.
Think of it this way the warmer something is then it has more energy. And the colder something is then it has less energy.
So your energy is moving from your ice to the water you poured over it. The ice in your cup has to reach 32 degrees before it can melt. If it happens to lower the temperature of the water in the cup to 32 degrees or lower before the ice gets that warm then the water will freeze.
This energy is measured either in BTU's, Joules or calories (Yes just like the calories you eat except that the food ones are 1000 times more powerful)
So in summary the ice from your fridge freezer is alot colder that the ice in the store. no clue
maybe cuz it's made in china and contains lead?