Why does ice stick to things when its cold?

Question

Like getting your tongue stuck on a frozen pole. Why does that happen?

Answer 1

If you put pressure on ice it will melt.
There is moistrue on your tongue.. The ice cube, when pressed up against your tongue takes all the heat from your tongue, freezing the water on it.. This frozen water then becomes an intergral part of the ice cube.

You need very low temperatures to do this as the water on your tongue is full of salts and has a much lower freezing temperature than ordinary water.

Try it with dry ice.. frozen carbon dioxide...

Well.. actually, don't try it... ..

Answer 2

Ice cubes from the freezer are typically at about 0 F, which is far below freezing. You touch a "fresh" ice cube with something wet and it freezes quickly to the cube. Touch it with something dry but conductive, like a fingertip pressed onto it, and you momentarily melt a little of the cube, which wets the finger and then refreezes.
The cold light-pole also has to be below freezing for your (wet) tongue to stick.

Answer 3

if u press two ice cubes together for a while and them release them, the pressure causes the ice to melt. releasing the pressure allows the ice to re-freeze again and so they get stuck together

Answer 4

Because the moisture on your tongue freezes as well....also HOT liquid freezes faster than cold liquid.

Answer 5

who knows