i was wondering, if since the freezing temerature of gasoline is wayyyyy below the freezing point of water and you just happened to have unfrozen gasoline that was like -140 degrees or how ever cold you can get it before it froze and then poured water into it, would the water freeze instantly or would something different happen with that?
2007-02-07 06:33:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Depending on how much water and how much gasoline, the water freezes and the gasoline melts from the heat given up by the freezing water, so you have icebergs on a pool of gasoline.
2007-02-07 06:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gasoline would draw heat from the water until they reached the same temperature (probably cold enough that the water would be frozen). How rapidly the water froze would depend on how quickly the heat transferred from the water to the gasoline.
2007-02-07 14:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by computerguy103 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the water would freeze - but the gas would thaw due to the heat loss ( unless it was much colder than it's freezing point )- and with both of these processes happening at the same time you would have a slurry with a variety of temperatures till it had time to stabilize
and also note that gasoline is a compound of hydrocarbons all with different freezing points ( unlike water ) so you would have a slurry ( mixture of ice and liquid ) during the freezing process as well as the thawing process
2007-02-07 14:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water would freeze very quickly.
2007-02-07 14:37:39 · answer #4 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋