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And under the skates? CrawfordI'm afraid I've been guilty of passing this on! Would someone tell me what
_is_ happening under the skates or under the loaded wire cutting through
ice? Crawford
Whoa! Those are two very different phenomena. One does not skate on
ice at melting temperature.
I don't think there is any doubt that the phenomenon of regelation
accounts for the wire cutting through the ice cube. After all, that
phenomenon occurs in a saturated water-ice environment. Only a small
pressure is needed to produce melting, and clearly the process of
refreezing (regelation) does take place; the ice is not cut.
Leigh