Re: cooling water

[Doug Benning <benning@katoh-net.ac.jp>]

David,

I hope this was sarcastic.  I think we all understand what he is asking --
that if you put water in the freezer in identical amounts and containers
will the starting temp. of the water have an effect on the rate at which it
reaches the freezing point at sea level.  If so what effect does it have
and why.  If your answer wasn`t meant to be cute or funny I really object
to your tone. Answer like these are the types of things that cuase not just
students but also many people on this list from asking questions.

Just my opinion

Doug Benning
Gyoshu High School 
Shizuoka,Japan    

At 22:14 98/05/29 EDT, you wrote:
> > There is a discussion in our building about which freezes faster warm water
> > or cold water. I seem to remember an article by Jerald Walker years ago
> > saying that warm water freezes faster. What are your ideas?
>
> The way I see it, warm water doesn't freeze at all (unless it is
> subjected to more than 10^4 atm of pressure, and the resulting solid
> is then not ordinary ice anyway).  At normal pressures only cold water
> freezes.
>
> David Bowman
> dbowman@georgetowncollege.edu