do the slower speeds on a blender make the ice finer?

Question

I've noticed that the 'icy drink' speed is the highest, and speeds like 'puree' are slow or the slowest. And puree is usually a very fine almost paste from my experience. And 'icy drink' implies larger chunks of ice then puree would give you. So if you want very fine ice crystals, do you put your blender on a lower speed? And if so, why? how does it work? It would seem that a faster speed would break up the ice smaller and faster.

Answer 1

When the blades spin their fastest it creates a vortex in the liquid which pushes or slings (Centripetal acceleration) the chunks up and away from the blades, so the ice doesn't get smacked and cracked by the blades as much at higher speeds. If you slow it down to puree there is more contact between the blades and the larger (temporarily) ice chunks.

Answer 2

A nutrients processor chops and purees nutrients. A blender is greater efficient for delicate ingredients and drinks. A nutrients processor can handle sturdy ingredients, even as a blender might have a confusing time attempting to cut sturdy ingredients. A nutrients processor additionally comes with a slicer and grater attachments; a blender would not.

Answer 3

speed X mass = force turn it up and watch that ice get mulched