Even when the ice is made from bottled water, as it melts you find bits floating in your drink - they dont look like ice and you dont see them if unfrozen water........
2006-07-15 10:01:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
This is actually a GREAT question.
I have wondered that myself in the past. Since it is not present in store bought ise, it has got to be something about impurities in tap water.
The impurities must condense as the water freezes. When the ice melts the condensed matter becomes apparent.
But what is it? Jeez, calcium perhaps, but I am really not sure. Certainly tap water impurities.
This is one of the best questions I have seen on Yahoo answers. I am going to have to figure this one out.
2006-07-15 11:29:39 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
they are a common species, technically known as "white flakies". They live in freezer compartments which have been running continuously for more than 12 months. The main industries in the white flakie communities are usually tourism and farming. Some of the best ski jumps in the world have been discovered in ancient freezer compartments, and the white flakies are amazingly competent ice farmers.
The white flakies which end up in your ice cubes are dead white flakies. They have a tendency to bury their dead inside ice cubes, as well as ice lollies and ice cream.
On the negative side, hundreds of billions of white flakies are massacred each year in covert culling operations, like defrosting, performed by freezer operators. If it weren't for this, white flakies would be the most common species on the planet, according to some experts.
2006-07-15 20:19:04 · answer #2 · answered by d_oc22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm pretty sure it's limescale (calcium carbonate). We get it in our kettle. Some areas have more than others. It's actually good for you because of the calcium. I know that mineral water has a lot more limescale in it, so making ice cubes with that would be the test. I would expect them to have more bits. I can't believe someone said it was air! They can't have come across it.
2006-07-15 19:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice
2006-07-15 17:03:40 · answer #4 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean because I have witnessed it too. I think it could be some impurities in the water or the container it was set in to freeze.
2006-07-15 17:08:17 · answer #5 · answered by Kingston 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
finger nails,or toe nails, from the place where they make the ice cubes, they all save their fingernail and toe nail clippings and add them to the water as it's put into the ice cube makers.
2006-07-16 09:37:02 · answer #6 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably ice crystals or mineral deposits.
2006-07-15 17:06:11 · answer #7 · answered by Quartro Ninos 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the minerals and chemicals seperating from the thawing ice
2006-07-15 17:06:52 · answer #8 · answered by krystalbay2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ice crystals
2006-07-15 17:04:05 · answer #9 · answered by Pat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calcium deposits & other debris!
2006-07-15 17:16:09 · answer #10 · answered by BooSha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋