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Is antifreeze added to car radiators to lower the freezing point of water?
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∙ 10y ago
Yes. The antifreeze/coolant also raises the boiling point and has lubricant and anti corrosive properties.
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What is antifreeze?
Antifreeze is a substance such as glycol which is used to lower the freezing point of water, and is used as an additive in the radiators of motorcars.
Does antifreeze have a lower or higher freezing point than water?
Much lower or else there would be little point in using as antifreeze
What is a sentence for the word antifreeze?
A sentence for the word antifreeze may be, " What is the best antifreeze to use in drinking water?" Antifreeze is a liquid which is used to lower the freezing point.
Which facts about the use of antifreeze illustrates a rule that governs the physical world?
Antifreeze keeps water from freezing when it is cold out. The antifreeze liquid lowers the freezing point of the water. Even when freezing (to a slurry) it does not form solid ice that can rupture the radiator. The antifreeze combines the water to form a liquid with a lower freezing point than water alone.
How does antifreeze keep the water in your radiator from freezing?
Most antifreeze has a chemical that freezes at a very lower temp than plain water.
What happends when antifreeze is mixed with water?
Nothing, you have a solution of antifreeze. However if you then cool the solution the freezing point will be lower than that of pure water.
Does antifreeze boil at a lower temperatures than pure water?
The mixture of the two liquids (water and antifreeze ethylene glycol))has a higher boiling point and lower freezing point than water alone.
Why does antifreeze boil faster than water?
It does NOT boil faster than water. It has higher boiling point AND lower freezing point. - Antifreeze boils at about 197 c.
Where do you add the antifreeze?
During Winter or whenever it is cold to lower the freezing point of the water in your car radiator. :] F
Why Does Gatorade freeze faster than water?
The reason is that the diet cola does not have any sugar (or fructose) in it. The sugar helps to keep the temperature low and therefore the diet cola warms up faster and therefore melts the ice quicker.
Why do you put antifreeze in the radiator of your car?
they do this to lower the freezing temp of the water so then it wouldd have to drop below 0 degrees.
Why does antifreeze or any soluble substance put in water lower its freezing temperature?
The reason antifreeze, as well as other soluble substances, lower the freezingtemperature when added to water, is because they hinder the creation of the hexagonal ice structure. Soluble simply means having the capability of dissolving in a liquid.
