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Few Terminology

1. Solidification: the process of becoming hard or solid by

cooling or drying or crystallization.

2. Freezing: It is the process in which a liquid turns into a solid

when cold enough.
3. Melting Point: It is the temperature at which a substance at
liquid state changes solid. For most substances, the melting
and freezing points are the same temperature.

4. Ice: It is solid form of water. Water solidifies at zero degree

Celcius in normal pressure.The freezing point of water is 0C.

This means that water will normally change from a liquid to a
solid as it is cooled to 0C.

Can water remain in the same liquid state

below zero degree Celcius?

Ans: yes, it is possible for water to reach -20 C or

colder without freezing.

Ice Formation process

A liquid below its standard freezing point will
crystallize in the presence of a seed crystal or
nucleus around which a crystal structure can
form creating a solid.
Below 0 C, the unstable dust particle and water
molecule, so anything that provides a growth
site, starts water to turn to ice.

Super Cooled Water

If a pure water is allowed to cool very slowly by keeping it

undisturbed, the water does not change into ice. This
water below freezing point is known as supercooled water.
As the temperature decreases, the viscosity of water
increases dramatically --it becomes more like syrup or
honey so the water molecules cannot move around quickly
enough to form crystals.
Supercooling is the process of lowering the temperature of
a liquid or a gas below its freezing point without it
becoming a solid.

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Why does liquid freeze after pouring and
shaking?
What is the difference between Super cooling
and freezing point depression?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSPzMva9_C
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISK1YFcZB
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Why does liquid freeze after pouring and
shaking?
What is the difference between Super cooling
and freezing point depression?