why doesnt vodka freeze?

Answer 1

EVERYTHING freezes. The only question is how cold you have to get it. Vodka has a lot of ethanol, and that has a freezing point of 114 Celcius degrees below zero (that would be -173 F).

As to why that is, it has to do with the heavy polarity of the alcohol group. This makes the molecules like to be near each other and form what are called hydrogen bonds.

As an interesting side note, this force can attract other things as well - if you mix a half cup of ethanol and a half cup of water, you'll get LESS than one cup of mixture at the end (you'll have 95% of a cup, to be precise). No chemical reaction occurs... it's just those hydrogen bonds pulling everything close.

And that's also why it doesn't freeze into a set crystal structure well. Less contact with neighbors and less hydrogen bonds.

Answer 2

Vodka freezes at Absolut Zero... just kidding. ;-)

Vodka is normally 80 proof (40% ABV - alcohol by volume).

95% ethanol freezes at about -110°C, which is about -200°F. Assuming a linear relationship we estimate that 40% ethanol freezes a bit below -40°C (which, by the way, is also -40°F. Fun trivia fact). According to the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 40% ethanol freezes at almost -30°C, so the linear estimate is pretty close.

Most kitchen freezers won't go that low. But you should be able to freeze vodka with dry ice, which is at a temperature of about -100°C. Now if you want to talk about supercooling a liquid, that's a whole other concept.

And everything freezes. Oxygen will freeze at about -220°C. If you don't know the answer, don't confuse the questioner with inaccurate guesses.

Answer 3

Obviously You do not drink a lot of Vodka, do You? Haven't You ever had a "Vodka Slushy"? Vodka does freeze, even the good stuff. It just takes a very long time due to the high alcohol content. In slowly turns to a form of jelly, and then it freezes.

Answer 4

Because the freezing temperature of most Liquors is around 20-25 degrees and most freezers run about 28-30 degrees. Booze will freeze, just has to be cold enough. Cold vodka is great though!
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Answer 5

Because it has alcohol in it, Vodka will not freeze at the same temperature as water. Vodka will freeze at -30 degrees. Much colder that your freezer will ever get.

Answer 6

It does but the alcohol in the vodka is making its freezing temperature lower than most freezers go.

Answer 7

Becuase the alcohol in vodka is ethanol and its freezing point is 158.8 K (−114.3 °C) and since the ethanol is completely mixed in with the water and there is 40% of it in there, the vodka will not freeze because your household refrigerator cannot go that low in temperature. Beer however freezes because there is much less alcohol.

Answer 8

It will eventually. Every substance has something called a melting point (or you could refer to it as a freezing point). This is the temperature that the substance will start to freeze. For water it is 32 degrees fahrenheit. I'm not sure what it is for vodka.

Answer 9

Because the alcohol content is so high it won't freeze; but it will thicken a little if left long enough in the freezer

Answer 10

alcohol has a very low freezing temperature