My friend has a mini fridge in her dorm room. It is probably around 34F and it freezes some things, but when anyone gets a unopened bottle water out of the fridge the water does not feeze until you shake the bottle.
After you shake the bottle the water turns chunkie like some kind of flavored slush drink except the ice chunks are slightly softer.
So the question is why does the water only freeze up when it is shaken?
2007-03-21 05:37:23 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It sounds like the fridge is actually below 32 degrees. It's called supercooling. If the water is very pure, it has no site to start crystalizing around; it can be below 32 and still a liquid. When you shake it, you cause small currents in the water which allows it to form crystal sites and allows the water to freeze to the slush.
2007-03-21 05:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋