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Why do snow balls melt in the refrigerator but turn to solid ice in the freezer?
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∙ 14y ago
Refrigerators are usually set to just above the freezing point of water (this is at 0oC; they are set to between 2 and 4oC), this the snow melts because it is not cold enough. It turns completely to ice in a freezer because they are set just below freezing, so the water in the air condenses and freezes onto the surface, adding to the crystal structure and "growing" until it reaches the other parts of the snowball, where it joins into one block.
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What is inside A freezer that keeps things cold?
something that is cold and solid like ice but that stuff does not melt
Can you keep snow in a refergator?
Yes, you can keep snow in a refrigerator. However, it will eventually melt as the temperature inside the refrigerator is not low enough to keep it frozen indefinitely.
What things would melt if you took them out the freezer?
"Melt" is to go from solid to liquid. The things that were liquid before they were frozen, like the ice and orange juice, will melt. The rest of the stuff, like the meat, will thaw.
Why does the warm air not melt the food when its kept in the freezer?
The food is a solid and won't melt under normal circumstances even when taken out of the freezer. It would have to be pretty hot to melt a chicken, but by then we'd all be dead. And when you unfreeze something from the freezer you're only melting the frost on the outside and slightly warming the item, but not fully warming it until it si cooked. But you probably already knew that.
How can you melt ice without taking it out of the freezer?
You might turn off the freezer.
What happens when a liquid transforms into solid form it freezes or it melts?
If a liquid changes into a solid it freezes. When you place an ice cube tray with liquid water into the freezer, it will turn into a solid we call ice. If you take that solid ice out of the freezer and leave it on the counter, it will melt into a liquid once again.
Can you actually say water can melt do you not have to be a solid to MELT?
If you are a solid, you melt. If you are a liquid, like water, you vaporize.
Why does an ice cube melt and change shape when its taken out of the freezer?
it gets hot and melt
How does a block of ice melt in the freezer on a cold day in Antarctica?
It doesn't melt in this scenario.
What makes ice cream cold?
It is in a freezer when you buy it from the grocceries it is in the freezer and when you get home you put it in the freezer so it doesn't melt
What do you do to help dissolve solid?
Depending on the solid you could melt it or bash it then melt it or cut it up. But it depends on the solid, mostly if its food you can just melt it. xxxx
How can you create a solid and turn it back into a liquid?
Take water and place it in the freezer for a couple of hours. You have taken a liquid and turned it into a solid. Let the Ice set out on the table for a while and let it melt completely. You have now taken the solid and reverted it back to its liquid state.
