2006-09-04 07:12:55 · 21 answers · asked by niraj_bhindi 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
the milky white color comes from the bubles of air that are imprisonned inside the ice cube... If you had frozen the ice so that the middle started to freeze before the outside, then you wouldn't have air bubbles in it and the ice would be cristral clear.
But obviously, when you make ice cubes, you only put water in you freezer, and the cold freezes the outside of the water 1st...
The air bubbles too are clear, but the amorphous repartition of bubbles inside the ice makes the ice white.
2006-09-04 07:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light passing through the ice ( i.e.crystal form of water) and water makes the difference of showing the colour. A crystal and liquid have different physical property in respect to the light passing through it. Thus two different forms of water shows different properties.
2006-09-08 14:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by Billu Mastan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The white or milky color sometimes found in ice has something to do with the oxygen content in the water and the rate at which the ice froze I think.
2006-09-04 14:16:02 · answer #3 · answered by cschultz28 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ice is a compressed form of water, so when you compress ANY form of matter, then it 's colour will change as it's physical properties will change. Also , water is transparent in it's liquid form , but not in solid as I mentioned above.
2006-09-04 14:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White is all the colors combined, right? And where do you see all colors combined? The answer is: rainbows. And where do you find rainbows? In bubbles. In ice cubes there are thousands of bubbles from water expanding and leaving tiny pockets of air. This is the reason that soapy bubbles, or bath bubbles are white, too.
2006-09-04 14:19:46 · answer #5 · answered by Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
White is not a colour.
2006-09-08 13:01:14 · answer #6 · answered by carbon dioxide 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice can actually be frozen clear with agitation methods. Have you ever seen the ice used for ice sculptures? It's frozen using a method that makes the ice completely transparent.
2006-09-04 14:16:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sliver2742 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pure ice does not have a white color, it is clear. Ice can be white because some of it is amorphous crystals (like snow) which makes it look white.
2006-09-04 14:19:04 · answer #8 · answered by The ~Muffin~ Man 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because of cracks, air bubbles and impurities in it. Pure, perfectly crystallized ice is clear, just like water.
2006-09-04 14:15:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think its because of when it gets cold EVERYTHIN gets that white overcast look on it even when u open a freezer for first time tfor a while white smoke piles out. Its just a chemical reaction of being cold.
2006-09-04 14:25:57 · answer #10 · answered by Tsubasa Kurenai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋