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Explain why ice cubes placed in your refrigerator's freezer section become smaller over time?
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∙ 7y ago
Ice "melts" in two different ways. We are all familiar with the solid to water phase, which absorbs a lot of heat and is responsible for cooling our drinks.
The other way is called "sublimation." When ice is kept below freezing but exposed to air with extremely low humidity, as in a frost-free refrigerator, water molecules escape from the surface to the surrounding air because the water vapor pressure at the surface is higher than vapor pressure of the air itself. Over time, this results in shrinkage of the cubes. It is the same process that keeps the freezer frost-free, similar to evaporation but occurring at much lower temperatures.
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∙ 14y ago
J Shenoy
Ice cubes shrink when left in the freezer for a long time because of the process of sublimation. This is occurs when a solid mass changes directly into gas. This occurrence is not at all unusual for there are substances and conditions that make this happen.
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∙ 8y agoIce cubes are affected by the freezer's anti-frost mechanism, which eliminates the need to defrost. This mechanism also 'defrosts' ice cubes.
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∙ 8y agoIt evaporates. This is called sublimation, when a solid evaporates directly to vapor without passing through the liquid phase.
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∙ 13y agoThe ice sublimates
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∙ 15y agothey melt!
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becausev its ice
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