freezing

     

In physics an chemistry, freezing is the process whereby a liquid turns to a solid when cold enough. The freezing point is the temperature at which this happens. Melting, the process of turning a solid to a liquid, is almost the exact opposite of freezing. All known liquids undergo freezing when the temperature is lowered with the sole exception of helium, which remains fluid at absolute zero and can only be solidified under pressure. For most substances, the melting and freezing points are the same temperature, however, certain substances possess differing solid-liquid transition temperatures. For example, agar melts at 85 °C (185 °F) and solidifies from 31 °C to 40 °C (89.6 °F to 104 °F); this process is known as thermal hysteresis.

Trivia about freezing

  • In 2006 we learned that Antarctic fish have proteins that keep their blood from doing this
  • A 1920's hunting trip to Canada inspired Birdseye's food preserving method
  • In cryoextraction, this is done to grapes to produce the most concentrated juice in pressing
  • Cryobiologists are interested in doing this to living matter to preserve it for future use

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